[CS-FSLUG] Australia Bans Same Sex Marriage

[Fred Miller]

'Great deal in Australia I don't agree with, but this I DO!!!

Fred

Australia Bans Same Sex Marriage

On Friday, August 13, the Australian Senate voted to ban same sex marriage by 
an overwhelming vote of 38-7. The vote will alter the Australian Marriage Act 
to include the phrases:

"Marriage means the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, 
voluntarily entered into for life."

"Certain unions are not marriages. A union solemnized in a foreign country 
between: (a) a man and another man; or (b) a woman and another woman; must 
not be recognized as a marriage in Australia."

The law was enacted partially in response to Australian homosexuals, married 
in Ontario, who expressed the desire to have their union recognized in their 
home country. Rather than have the issue decided in the courts, Australian 
lawmakers chose to explicitly ban homosexual marriage. Christian Coalition 
lauds this common sense action to defend the traditional family in Australia. 

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