Australian Christian Lobby
In a recent Punch piece Australian Christian Lobby head Jim Wallace reminded us of our unquestioned right to religious freedom. In fact he went so far as to label the push for gay marriage a threat to religious freedom.
As a gay marriage advocate let me say this: Mr Wallace is right, we desperately need to maintain religious freedom.
The only problem is that Mr Wallace didn’t argue for religious freedom.
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Dear Jim,
Re: Welcome to the ‘Homosexual Lobby’ and today’s vote on same-sex marriage in Tasmania.
UPDATE: The historic motion backing same-sex marriage has been passed by the Tasmanian House of Assembly, the Mercury reports.
Over the past few months you have either said, tweeted or endorsed the following: “Anzacs didn’t die for gay marriage”, “the global gay Gestapo…is brainwashing people”, “gay marriage will disrupt the natural order”, “gay marriage will lead to paedophiles marrying children”, and of course you came to Miranda Devine’s defence when she linked the London riots to Senator Penny Wong and her partner expecting a child.
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Should we allow the depiction of homosexuals in the media?
Well of course we should, shouldn’t we? The answer is pretty self evident. But then I have to ask – are depictions of homosexuals “sexier” than straight sex? You may have seen the news.com.au report that the Adshel company has pulled the “Rip and Roll” advertisements for HIV awareness for same-sex couples.
UPDATE: The CEO has just reinstated the advertisements, saying the company had been targeted by the Australian Christian Lobby’s orchestrated campaign, rather than a series of individual complaints as first thought.
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Joel says:
Perhaps in creating equity within society, rather than showing two gay men practicing safe sex, they should be accompanied by a straight couple and a lesbian couple who are portrayed to also practice safe sex. Straight and lesbian couples are just as prone to sexually transmitted infections and viruses as… Read more »
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Jay says:
Homosexuality is growing more and more acceptable within society as the years go on. Give it ten to twenty more years and it will be a social norm, just as normal as heterosexuality; no one will think twice about it. Also, is it just me or does Christianity seem to… Read more »
ANZAC Day is a day for commemoration and celebration of Australian identity, so long as we remember the gays and the Muslims were never a part of this.
Anzac Day has become much more than a day of commemorating a military campaign; it has become a national focal point through which we locate what it means to be “Australian.” While the notion of “Australian values” raises disparate and often romantic ideas of mateship, courage and loyalty, it is sometimes insidiously mobilised to express prejudices.
Jim Wallace, Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, made this point painfully clear when he lamented over Twitter “that as we remember servicemen and women we remember [the] Australia they fought for - wasn’t gay marriage & Islamic!”
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Aziz says:
Amen. Amen to that. Remember we shell. Remember in Silence. Not in vilification and hate speech. Thank you Eric and Raj. Peace. Read more »
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oh gosh buckyboy whats wrong with you, how can one person be filled with so much hate…. maybe if you really let god into your heart you would stop being so angry and unhappy and just learn that just cause somethings arent what you are dosent make them wrong and… Read more »
It’s become something of a social minefield to admit you’re a Christian.
We tiptoe around the issue at gatherings, lest our peers assume we’ve secretly been judging them, or are about to kickstart a lecture on contraception.
There’s awkwardness around that Catholic priest joke they just told, and people excuse themselves before they hear the question “So have you found Jesus?”
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LC says:
Then I suggest you and your church comes out publicly saying the ACL does not represent you. I say this not because I don’t believe you. I’m saying this because the ACL has a real choke-hold over both major parties (check their stances on abortion, voluntary euthanasia, school chaplaincy and… Read more »
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LC says:
<Guffaws> Too true And that’s his main point. The main reason he dilikes the ACL is not simply because of their opposition to R18 games, but because of the way they have blatantly rewrote the facts to suit their agenda, just plainly ignore the overwhelming body of peer-reviewed evidence which… Read more »
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