Rudd to honour Christian Lobby
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will be the keynote speaker at the Australian Christian Lobby’s (ACL) annual conference in November.
Catholic Archbishop of Sydney George Pell and a range of experts on children’s policy will also speak at the event, which will have a focus theme of the best interests of the child in public policy.
The lobby group’s latest newsletter took aim at the NSW Legislative Council Law and Justice committee’s recommendations that same-sex adoption be allowed, declaring the push tramples on the rights of both children and religious organisations.
ACL managing director Jim Wallace also called on churches to be more active in the fight to prevent same-sex marriage.
This relentless homosexual activist pressure on marriage is, even some activists quietly admit, all about normalising the lifestyle. From normalisation flows the right to teach children it is normal in schools, to amplify demands for the removal of discrimination in employment by Christian organisations, and in other ways steadily erode Christian values, Wallace wrote.
But it is also about undermining a societal ideal for relationships -” an ideal that seeks to provide the stability so necessary for children in particular.
The homosexual lifestyle does not value monogamy and commitment to anywhere near the degree that marriage represents.
The newsletter went on to describe the Rudd Government’s commitment to preventing same-sex marriage as a significant victory.
Many Christians were disappointed that the Labor Government last year adopted the Same-Sex: Same Entitlements report recommendations to the extent they did.
However, it is worth noting that the Attorney-General cited Christians’ patience over those changes as a reason to hold firm on marriage at the Conference.
‘Christian Values’, need anything else be said.
when is archerbishop going to wake up to facts,,, read book of life… as explaination of female male brain different & challange is to stand up for what freaking brain really in,… so stop these foolish hyprocritical views keep standing… on as not helping nations of confused congregations… ): & usage of marijuana… its in the bible in revelations… & you claim to be a man of god….???? ///’0’|||
orthodox christian religion is largely irrelevant to homosexuals!
Quoted: ‘Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders’ – unquote, from Chillisauce100.
The list says “male prostitutes” – what about female prostitutes???? So it is OK to be a female prostitute, but not a male prostitute. All prostitutes should be respected, they got a job to do, they should have rights as well. The right not to be vilified, harrassed or attacked by hatred. It was the first profession by the way.
This is why prostitution should be fully legalized, because if it is illegal rape goes up and the behaviour goes underground and their is no protection at all from STDs and harm from others (much the same way as homosexuality in the past when it was also illegal).
When prostitution is fully legal, then prostitutes can go to sexual health clinics and get STD check-ups, they can get protection and rape in the community goes down by about 40 percent.
The bible was written over 1,000 years ago – it has no meaning or relevance today in modern english.
Also;
“Man lie with man” – means lying to someone, it does not mean homosexuality or homosexual acts!!!!!
Remember the bible says alot of “crazy things”;
(1) you can not eat selfish
(2) you can not work on Sunday
(3) you are banned from having sex with a woman unless she is going through a meanstral cycle.
(4) it is OK to sell your daughter into slavery, etc, etc, etc.
Dear Father Thomas, Just for your information, I am a homosexual but my sexuality is not a personal problem. I do not need professional medical help to deal with my sexuality.
I agree with you that clerics should not tell anyone what they can or cannot do, but clerics should instead refer people, who believe in the Christian definition of god, to the scriptures for guidance.
What you could do is draw people’s attention to the fact that Canon Law has not changed and these laws are still current;
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
9 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral nor idolaters nor adulterers nor male prostitutes nor homosexual offenders 10 nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
For some reason homosexuals are regarded as being worse than; sexually immoral people, idolaters, adulterers, thieves, greedy people, drunkards, slanderers and swindlers.
According to Canon Law all the proscribed actions attract the same penalty.
Father Thomas, could you please draw these current laws to the attention of your parishioners and your brother clerics?
i think this sort of personal conversation in papers or on websites or television are spoken out to often in front of the public.i am not happy with same sex couples but if that is what they want that is what they want.
we should not tell anyone what they can or cannot do.
look this sort of thing goes back generations and was not spoken out as much as it is now.keep god in the church with us to pray to and be our heavenly father and let the medical professional people deal with the other personal problems outside other people personal lives.god is the king were not.
Typical Labor!!!!
The relentless anti-gay Christian activist pressure on marriage by Jim Wallace and the Australian Christian Lobby is, even some Christians quietly admit, all about flexing Christian muscle and imposing a Christian lifestyle.
From imposition flows the “right” to religiously indoctrinate children in schools, to amplify demands to preserve and enhance of discrimination in employment by Christian organisations, and in other ways steadily erode secular egalitarian human values. But it is also about enforcing a narrow template for relationships -” a template that seeks to impose old attitudes towards human relationships, demonise diversity and thwart the healthy flourishing of the natural self, while giving no objective consideration of what actually benefits children.
The Christian lifestyle does not value same-sex monogamy and commitment to anywhere near the degree that such relationships are demonstrably capable.
Many GLBT and their wider communities were disappointed that the Labor Government supported the inhumane ban on same-sex marriage and still, to this day, has not seen sense to undo this blatantly discriminatory amendment.
I am a homosexual and I do not seek to undermine any societal ideal for relationships. I have a partner and we live in a monogamous relationship.
My existence does not threaten the social stability that is necessary to exist to promote the raising of children. Where is the proof that the existence of homosexuals in society has threatened the social stability that is necessary to exist to promote the raising of children.
Homosexuals have been present in all societies at all times and children have been raised at all times by all societies.
There is no example from history in which a society has been so destabilised by the existence of homosexuals that parents have been unable to raise their children.
Mr Wallace’s statements are misleading and untruthful.
If we didn’t keep up the pressure the much delayed defacto reforms would not have even eventuated- instead we would have been relegated to insulting “interdependant” status like the Christian Extremist Lobby wanted to shove us into. No wonder they were “disappointed” we now have proper defacto recognition. They are probably hoping this can be rolled back if the Libs ever get back in, or cheeky enough to convince Labor to roll it back with Family First balance of power pressure. So we need to keep up the pressure more than ever on Labor, with the ultimate way to keep them honest by voting 1 the Greens, and 2 Labor (to form a Labor government under the control of the Greens instead of the Christian Extremist Lobby… Think about it Rudd has yet to speak to any gay forum as he takes us for granted that we’ll always vote 1 Labor, yet this is his second Christian Extremist Rally… as thier Key Note Speaker no less).