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ALP’s anti-plebiscite drive reflects audacity of hate

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There is something rather dangerous about the gay marriage debate — and it is not homosexuality or marriage. It is the view widely held by our political Left that ­liberal democratic precepts can be overridden whenever they interfere with politically correct ideology. Not content merely to deny the democratic mandate of millions who endorsed the same-sex marriage plebiscite by voting the Coalition into power, Labor is sowing civil hatred as social order. The abysmal and divisive new ethos of Labor is the audacity of hate. I think it would be fair to surmise that the opposition’s legal affairs spokesman Mark Dreyfus doesn’t suffer from an excess of modesty. But even so, his idea that the government should “win over” Labor by compromising on the plebiscite bill is remarkably arrogant. The government has an election mandate to hold a plebiscite on same-sex marriage. Labor’s ­denial of it constitutes a repudiation of the will of the people. Having lost its election...

Australia must not follow New Zealand immoral homosexual marriage

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English: Tony Abbott in 2010. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Please  email your federal MP  today urging them not to allow the definition of marriage to be tampered with. The rainbow swastika agenda is plain and clear. They care little for children and marriage, they only want to use Godly marriage for their own agenda to push acceptance of homosexuality.   Despite your great success in influencing the Australian Parliament ’s decisive rejection of same-sex marriage last September by a margin of 2-1, marriage is again under threat. While Opposition Leader Tony Abbott ’s personal view on marriage between a man and a woman is solid,  he said last week  it was possible for the Liberal Party room to move away from this as a party position after the election by allowing a conscience vote. Similarly, the Prime Minister Julia Gillard has also been consistent in her personal view that marriage is between a man and a woman, despite the Labor Party breaking i...