Australian Conservatives vow to scrap marriage equality and protect “the natural family”

Australian Conservatives vow to scrap marriage equality and protect “the natural family”
Image: Cory Bernardi. Image: YouTube.

Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives party has vowed to overturn marriage equality in favour of protecting “the natural family”.

Spokesperson Lyle Shelton, formerly head of the Australian Christian Lobby, said the party will continue to fight same-sex marriage, Pink News has reported.

“I would expect over time we’d want to see marriage restored in our legislation and culture,” said Shelton.

“We’re a party of principles, and one of our five pillars is family. I don’t expect this plebiscite can be overturned soon.

“But what Australian politics does need is a party that knows what the family is. And one that is willing to advocate for it.”

Shelton’s words echo his promise last year not to take yes for an answer on the marriage equality postal vote.

“Our policy is to support the natural family,” Shelton said, adding that the party would be advocates for “mum, dad and the kids”.

Shelton this week joined the Australian Conservatives, alongside fellow anti-LGBTI campaigner Cory Bernardi.

Both were vocally against same-sex marriage throughout the debate, and both seem rather preoccupied with gender matters.

Bernardi last year said he would attempt to delay marriage equality from being passed in parliament following the vote.

It was passed within weeks, following the overwhelming positive vote from Australians.

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7 responses to “Australian Conservatives vow to scrap marriage equality and protect “the natural family””

  1. Watch out men and Women of the GLTBIQ Community!
    Bermuda has scrapped Same Gender Marriage – despite it being ruled by the Supreme Court as Legal. (See The Guardian, today)
    When the next Federal Election comes around we should all make damned sure that when we cast our Primary and Preference Votes in Marginal seats we do not inadvertently enable any of the Neo-Fascists-posing-as-Australian Conservatives or any other ultra-Right-Wing group to win seats in either the House of Representatives or the Senate because we can be very certain they will try to reverse the recent change to the Australian Marriage Act. ALL the Political Parties, the Independents etc. there will be those who hate us and want to deny us Equality and for them that means changing the Act to disallow Same Gender Marriages. We need to do our homework on this and be ready to fight.
    Bernardi has already said promised that he will attempt to over-turn the Coalitions Bill.

  2. LOL. Just what we need, another minor party over-promising and under-delivering. Bernadi and his ilk are a waste of breathable air.

  3. Should this sentence: “But what Australian politics does need is a party that knows what the family is” not read “… knows what A family is”? Their language indicates that, like their religious convictions, they believe there is only ONE correct type of family (or religion). What a presumptive world viewpoint! Absolute bigoted gits!

  4. No surprises here. The New Zealand Conservative Party went to the last-but-one election promising the same thing in NZ.

    They went from having one MP to zero MP’s.

    So bring it on Australian Conservatives, just like your Kiwi cousins did.