Posted on 08/04/2011 5:17:10 PM PDT by AustralianConservative
The Australian-based Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), the “world’s oldest free market think tank” has come under criticism, for its activist-first positions on freedom.
Over at Right Pulse...we read, “The IPA is pushing the homosexual marriage bandwagon, and a long wagon it has become: human rights lawyers, celebrities, publicity seekers, other rent-seekers, anyone with an anti-freedom axe to grind, etc…”
It doesn’t make sense. Aren’t there enough fatherless and motherless families, without creating and/or blessing more?
Right Pulse challenges, the IPA and its employee Tim Wilson’s pro-gay marriage thinking, as well. “Here in Australia, many faith based adoption agencies have already closed down under threats from state Administrative Tribunals dictating to religious organisations what their doctrines mean as a way to get around religious sensibility clauses in anti-discrimination legislation.”
One conclusion, “Seemingly the IPA has signed up for this extreme form of nanny state intervention – in the interests of anti-discrimination of course.”
Put another way, it appears as though the rights of pro-gay marriage activists are more valuable than the rights of Christians, children, and so on. And, I stupidly assumed the libertarian-Left respected Muslims too.
For the record, I’ve praised and criticized the IPA before, because I don’t subscribe to groupthink. Also, for the record, I’m a big fan of Tim Wilson, so my criticisms of his arguments shouldn’t be taken in the wrong spirit. It’s just that I detest political correctness.
Moreover, I’d like to know why there’s a reluctance to debate this issue freely, an important issue. I mean, does “freedom” now suppress debate for Newspeak? I read about this in Nineteen Eighty-Four.
Take John Heard’s…2007 opinion piece, “Leave wedded bliss to those who can make babies,” in The Australian. “Gay marriage isn’t for conservatives and it’s not for most homosexuals either,” he argues.
(Excerpt) Read more at weekendlibertarian.blogspot.com ...
Oopsie, wrong one. Meant to post Tim Wilson’s video by the same name.
Right – common name.
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