Australian State Anti-Discrimination Minister Denounces Catholic Publication Affirming Marriage

Catholic Culture ^ | 9/28/15

[marshmallow]

A prominent politician in the Australian state of Tasmania has lodged a formal complaint against a pamphlet on marriage produced by the Catholic Church, saying that it causes “immeasurable harm” by arguing against acceptance of same-sex unions.

Martine Delaney, the anti-discrimination commissioner of Tasmania’s state government, called for an investigation of the Australian bishops’ conference which issued Don’t Mess with Marriage. The pamphlet was distributed to 12,000 families with children in the state’s Catholic schools. Delaney charged that the publication denigrated the rights of homosexuals.

[Kanrok]

If by “immeasurable harm” he means “there is no harm” than I agree with the conclusion.

[Yo-Yo]

But Australia does not recognize same sex marriage. They do recognize registered partnerships that extend the same legal rights.

[Pollster1]

Pretending that IV drug use and gay male sex are okay has already killed 24 million people worldwide from AIDS alone, with an additional 500,000 dying per year.

Why do liberals demand that we pretend it’s “loving” to endorse self-destructive choices and “hate speech” to recommend healthy choices, and why do we let them control the discussion when their position kills so many people?

The Catholic Church is right on this teaching, as they are on so many other issues that their record of giving perfect advice is almost miraculous.

[TheDon]

Martine Delaney, the anti-discrimination commissioner of Tasmania’s state government, called for an investigation of the Australian bishops’ conference which issued Don’t Mess with Marriage.

So an "anti-discrimination commissioner" is engaging in discrimination?

[max americana]

how come we don’t do the registered partnership’ thing here? that’s a good idea

[<1/1,000,000th%]

So Martine discriminates against Catholics.

[stinkerpot65]

Leftists are criminalizing Christianity, and Republican leaders are doing nothing.

[Salvation]

Discrimination in my opinion.

[Salvation]

Perhaps this politician, prominent or not, needs to check his Bible. (If he has one!/sarc)

Genesis 1
26 Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps upon the earth."
27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
28 And God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it; and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the air and over every living thing that moves upon the earth."
29 And God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree with seed in its fruit; you shall have them for food.
30 And to every beast of the earth, and to every bird of the air, and to everything that creeps on the earth, everything that has the breath of life, I have given every green plant for food." And it was so.
31 And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.