Updated: Australian Christian leaders respond to same-sex marriage vote result
Last updated: 11:30am, 16th NovemberAustralia’s Parliament must work to unify the nation by respecting different views on marriage, the president of the Australian Catholic Bishop’s Conference said after the announcement that 61.6 per cent of Australians had voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage. Archbishop Denis Hart said in a statement that the Catholic Church […]
Breaking: Australians vote in favour of same-sex marriage
Australians have voted in support of same-sex marriage with the results of the national, non-binding postal survey showing 7.8 million people – 61.6 per cent – voted ‘yes’ and 4.9 million people – 38.4 per cent – voted ‘no’. The Australian Bureau of Statistics, which released the results of the postal survey at 10am on Wednesday, […]
Australia’s postal survey on same-sex marriage closed; results published next week
The result of Australia’s postal survey on same-sex marriage will be published at 10am next Wednesday after the Australian Bureau of Statistics officially closed the survey on Tuesday. On Tuesday, the ABS estimated that it had received 12.6 million surveys – representing 78.5 per cent of eligible voters – but noted that figure did not […]
MORAL ISSUE
It seems that every generation a moral issue emerges that divides church and society. The heat around the issue is extraordinary. The issue becomes one that our eternal destiny seems to hang on. If you agree, you are damned forever – or, you are one of the righteous ones, standing for truth. We have a […]
TICKING A BOX
I’ve got some hard words for us today. Ticking a box? If we think that quoting a couple of Bible verses is the answer to the current marriage debate, our theology is deficient and even dangerous. If we think the solution will be found in ticking a box in the postal survey – either […]
PHILLIP
I talked previously about how the marriage debate might affect a 15 year-old-boy, struggling with his sexuality. PICTURE: Posed by a model/Pexels. I have other people in my community. Like Phillip the 75-year-old war hero. He’s a gentle man who’s survived two wives. He’s still active in the community, giving his time to help others. […]