GAY TRUTH

One of the doctors who wrote a searing critique of the Australian Medical Association ’s Position Statement on changing the Marriage Act repeated his call for the AMA to retract the statement following an address by Australian Medical Association (AMA) President Dr Michael Gannon at the National Press Club today. The critique has now been signed by more than five hundred Australian doctors including 26 professors and six past AMA state presidents and can be found at critiqueAMA.com. The doctors have urged the AMA to retract its Position Statement and to cease misrepresenting social science in a political cause. Queensland GP, Dr David van Gend said: “The AMA has misled the public on same-sex marriage. “The AMA’s Position Statement uses spurious evidence to claim a link between our marriage laws and LGBT mental health . "That is unacceptable from our peak medical body. “The AMA is also misleading politicians. Catherine King, the federal opposition spokeswoman for health, re...

The campaign to redefine marriage has recently gained such momentum - with now three and soon four bills before the Commonwealth Parliament - that many think it is inevitable. This can leave those with misgivings feeling that they are already losers in a done deal. Some think it is the inexorable progress of liberty and equality - which leaves the doubters on "the wrong side of history." In this context supporters of classical marriage are presumed to have no real arguments to offer. So here I want to offer some reasons - not decrees from on high or from the past, not expressions of hatred or prejudice - but  reasons  I hope anyone can understand. I also hope these reasons prove persuasive and helpful in proclaiming and witnessing to true marriage among families, friends and colleagues. Regardless, I hope this will help explain why Australian law has always held, and many people still hold, that marriage is for people  of opposite sex . I will examine five com...