Sydney Archbishop says people could lose their jobs if Australia votes Yes

Sydney Archbishop says people could lose their jobs if Australia votes Yes
Image: Image: Facebook / Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP.

A Catholic Archbishop in Sydney has warned that No voters may lose their jobs if marriage equality passes in Australia, during his homily at mass.

Anthony Fisher said a Yes win would have implications for religious freedom, according to a recent report by The Australian.

“If overseas experience is anything to go by, if marriage is redefined it will be very hard to speak up for real marriage anymore – in schools, at work, socially,” he said.

“Traditional believers will be vulnerable to discrimination suits and other kinds of bullying for their beliefs.

“Some may lose their jobs, promotions, businesses, political careers.”

Fisher told worshippers at St Mary’s Cathedral that the government should “keep out of the bedroom”.

“The state has no business telling us who we should love and how, sexually or otherwise,” he said.

“The only kind of friendship the state has a proper interest in recognising and regulating is heterosexual marriage, because that’s what leads to children – new citizens – and gives them the best start in life.”

The results of the postal survey on marriage equality will be announced on November 15.

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10 responses to “Sydney Archbishop says people could lose their jobs if Australia votes Yes”

  1. When Andrew Fisher says “the State has no business telling us who we should love and how, sexually or otherwise” I thought he was making a case for the YES vote. Prejudiced Christians need to realize that one day they may need the same protection of their rights as we do as a minority, if they don’t have the ear of frightened politicians or a majority position. To keep society safe Christians should lobby for the separation of Church and State, not the Church control the State. This is about Civil Marriage and equality, nothing to do with religion. I didn’t hear them lobbying against CIvil Heterosexual Marriage if they want to own marriage. Their founder said Christians would be famous for their Love, not their prejudice. Dr. Wendell Rosevear O.A.M. ” ….make Love infectious.”

  2. It was John Howard who “redefined” marriage in 2004. What’s happening now is called, “putting it right”, you tired, old fool.

    1) Remove your religion from this issue entirely. Equality has NOTHING to do with “beliefs”. It is a SECULAR issue of reversing the special privilege & status afforded to a select group, then denied to other law-abiding & tax-paying Aussies. This bigotry was not in existence until John Howard injected that vitriol in 2004.
    2) “Tradition” has LONG been used as a word to diminish the rights of others, all across the globe. Black rights, inter-racial marriage, slavery, as examples of “tradition” which took good people rising up against it, to change it. That word is meaningless when it’s prime use is to discriminate. It’s on par with, “sanctity of marriage”, whose proponents do NOT march to demand a plebiscite to deem divorce illegal & is usually the same group on their 2- 5th marriages–> a MAJOR sin in that book they love to quote & to beat others with? Hypocrite much?
    3) Stop constantly imagining other people’s private, sexual lives– it is creepy.
    4) Seek counseling for 3.

  3. What a load of garbage from this hate-filled bigot.
    The Catholic and Anglican Churches, and other smaller sects, are becoming increasingly irrelevant, if they are not already so.
    It is ALL their own doing.
    For decades, no, probably centuries, they have been covering up the Criminal behaviour of their Archbishops, Bishop, Priests and Cardinals.
    For every bit as long they have persistently denied the Paedophile behaviour. They have claimed it never, ever happened.
    That is, at least, until just recently when it has been proven beyond any doubt whatsoever that they have been sheltering and protecting criminals.
    Even the most recent Pope has let every single Christian under his supposed protection down. He persists in allowing fugitive priests etc. al;ready hiding in and safe from the Police, within the Vatican. He persists in allowing those more recently revealed as being child molesters (Paedophiles) to enter the Vatican and gives them succour and protection.
    He simply refuses to order them to leave and face Justice.
    Fisher claims that people will lose their jobs if Same Gender Marriage becomes Legal.
    The only people who might lose their jobs are people like himself, other Archbishops, Bishops and Priests. They deserve to lose them.
    Fisher says “The government should keep out of the bedroom”
    Fisher should take a leaf out of his own book and tell his Bishops, Priests etc. to keep their hands of Our Children and their penises out of Our Children’s mouths and anuses.

  4. “If overseas experience is anything to go by, if marriage is redefined it will be very hard to speak up for real marriage anymore – in schools, at work, socially,”

    As someone from overseas I would be interested to see his proof of this. I am from the UK and like to think I live in a tolerant society. Love is Love and that is the main teaching I ever received.

  5. I had more faith in Fisher, but he’s obviously doing his best to try to divert the publuc’s eyes from the Royal Commission into Child Abuse.
    Murdoch, Howard and Abbott are written all over this *pseudo-Christian* hypocrite’s face and follows their bile-ridden hate narratives.
    What colour’s your nose, Fisher?
    Bah-humbug! If you truly followed your religion, you’d find that you’re a blasphemous fool calling yourself a Christian …if you were a *real* Christian (or other good person of other faiths …or good people who follow no religion), you’d be out there helping down-trodden people, like Jesus did; instead of goading the haters to follow more myths and lies just because a ‘prominant’ person has smeared them as truth.
    Maybe in your old last days you’ll wake up to yourself and realise what hatred you’ve contributed to; but that probably won’t happen, you of no ethics ????

  6. The Archbishop say’s The State has no business in Australians bedrooms but I suggest he thinks HE HAS. The old power struggle Church/State. An unelected , unrepresentative body challenges the authority of Government?. Opinions based on unproven ideology and theology?, in his dreams.

  7. The Church wonders why they are so on the nose – only 2% attend christian churches in Australia at the last census. Well Archbishops Davis and Fisher – as a christian – I find you both a disgrace to your respective faiths. What lies, what an affront you both are. For years you lie about the rape and abuse my generation and others and you now stand as pillars of virtue on SSM wanting to yet again indoctrinate. History will judge you and the Church yet again as being on the wrong side of social change. Go away you desperate sad men. Clean up your act and then get back to me. You do not represent the Church I know.

  8. Wow so he expects the government to stay out of the bedroom but it’s OK for the church to dictate what goes on in the bedroom. Is it just me or does that sound exceedingly arrogant.

    They are already coining the phrase ‘real marriage’, so even if marriage equality is passed it will become a debate between real marriage and SSM. Once again the church seems to think that they own marriage which is a stunningly flawed viewpoint as more and more marriages are being conducted outside the church and with no religious input.

    As for people losing their jobs, that will only happen if people break anti-discrimination laws other than that there will be religious protections in place but they don’t want to acknowledge that at this time because it doesn’t suit their agenda.

    When did the church become such hypocrites. Oh right they always were.

  9. More lies and hypocrisy. The No campaign has already promised to sack hundreds of not thousands of workers from religious aged care facilities and schools if same sex marriage becomes legal and workers marry same sex partners.

    Stop lying, Christians. When I went to Christian school I learned there was a commandment against lying. Now it’s de rigeur for Archbishops, who don’t seem at all worried about going to hell whether it’s for lying or covering up paedophilia.