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by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 November 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes One or two observations on the far right’s Patterson Bill. Service providers (who are not a religious institution) are currently not exempt from anti-discrimination laws regarding discrimination on the grounds of sexuality or sexual...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 November 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes Quite rightly we are opposed to the enactment of any same sex marriage law that would allow discrimination by anyone other than religious organisations and ministers of religion who do not accept same sex...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 16 November 2017 · Last modified 27 March 2019
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today, views expressed online have been sharply divided on the issue of whether parliamentarians should represent the predominant views of their constituents, or put forward their own views on the issue of same sex...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 11 September 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 7 minutes The Majority, and Human Rights in our Democracy The postal survey of public views on same-sex marriage has revealed a widely held view that it is up to the Australian people to indicate if...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 12 August 2017 · Last modified 27 March 2019
Reading Time: 14 minutes Religious conservatives opposed to marriage equality in Australia, routinely cite sacred texts that they claim support their position. However, such references to biblical endorsement of marriage appear to be little more than sanitised spin,...
by Daniel Stepniak · Published 25 July 2017 · Last modified 2 April 2019
Reading Time: 8 minutes The same sex marriage debate has already produced the most passionate, hurtful, and divisive views that I can recall. Australians have not yet managed to respectfully discuss whether the legal definition of marriage should...
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