Somebody in the Crown Nominations Committee is having a serious laugh. Just about the most important non-episcopal clergy appointment in the Church of England has gone to yet another liberal. And at his introductory press conference just guess what button he simply had to press… The Very Rev Dr David Ison, who was appointed by [...]
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A while ago I wrote about 2 bishops, one in the UK and one in Australia, who had broken collegiality on sexual ethics. Since then things have progressed in both countries. In the UK, John Richardson has done a sterling job keeping us up to date with the issues involved. Of particular note are the [...]
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Quick but important question. If here in Australia homosexual couples were allowed to be “married” rather than have a civil partnership, what additional rights would they receive that are not already conferred on them by that civil partnership? I ask since the question is repeatedly framed around the term “rights” but for the life of [...]
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A few weeks ago I got berated for writing this in a letter to the smh: But what is that ”something else”? How is it to be defined? Why should, as one example, polygamists be excluded from this new arrangement, or even polyamorists? Not to mention other unions which are now at the fringes of [...]
View PostOne of the arguments raised in the ongoing discussion here in Australia over “gay marriage” is that the Howard Government's Marriage Amendment Bill 2004 [pdf] imposed an unfair and unnecessary restriction upon the understanding of marriage in Australia. The Bill was quite simple – here's the original text: Schedule 1—Amendment of the Marriage Act 1961 1 [...]
View PostLast week's local paper, the Mosman Daily, ran an article in the lead-up to the annual Sydney Mardi Gras parade on the topic of “gay marriage”. A local activist had done his work and managed to get some soundbites in, Gay marriage ban a waste of pollie time POLITICIANS should focus on [...]
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