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Australian PM Backs Anti-Gay Marriage Legislation
CBN News ^ | 5/28/04 | Gailon Totheroh

Posted on 05/30/2004 9:02:36 PM PDT by wagglebee

Australian homosexuals are marrying in Canada with hopes of having those unions accepted Down Under. But Prime Minister John Howard and the Australian Parliament have other plans.

Howard is backing new legislation to ban gay marriages and immigration rules to keep same-sex couples from adopting overseas children.

Howard said, "Well, I'm against gay adoption, just as I'm against gay marriage. I'm a social conservative. I think there are certain benchmark institutions and arrangements in our society that you don't muck around with. Children should be brought up ideally by a mother and a father who are married. That's the ideal."

Howard previously has said he believes marriages are for the continuation of the human race.

Homosexual rights activist Rob McGrory claims Howard is mimicking George W. Bush to get votes. "What we've seen to date is John Howard tends to borrow the tactics of George Bush, and that's exactly what he's done here in an attempt to try and win votes."

If enacted, the move will confine marriage to one man and one woman, and not allow gays to marry elsewhere and have it considered a union in Australia.


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: australia; gaymarriage; homosexualagenda; johnhoward; prisoners; samesexmarriage
"Well, I'm against gay adoption, just as I'm against gay marriage. I'm a social conservative. I think there are certain benchmark institutions and arrangements in our society that you don't muck around with. Children should be brought up ideally by a mother and a father who are married. That's the ideal."

When will the left get used to the fact that its not just Americans who think their ideas suck?

1 posted on 05/30/2004 9:02:37 PM PDT by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee

Canada may have an increase in population?


2 posted on 05/30/2004 9:05:09 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: Kackikat

Fine they can have them. Until the Canadians come looking for us to bail out their socialist disaster.


3 posted on 05/30/2004 9:07:52 PM PDT by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee; *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; ...
Bump and ping.

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4 posted on 05/30/2004 9:08:01 PM PDT by scripter (Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
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To: wagglebee; *Homosexual Agenda; EdReform; scripter; GrandMoM; backhoe; Yehuda; Clint N. Suhks; ...
Bump and ping.

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5 posted on 05/30/2004 9:08:06 PM PDT by scripter (Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
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To: scripter

Oh no, I pulled an lj - I clicked "post" twice. :-) Sorry for the dup.


6 posted on 05/30/2004 9:09:12 PM PDT by scripter (Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
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To: wagglebee

Don't be home and screen all calls.


7 posted on 05/30/2004 9:12:03 PM PDT by Kackikat
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To: wagglebee

Go Howard, NO POOFTERS :)


8 posted on 05/30/2004 9:12:49 PM PDT by 1066AD
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To: scripter

Take a look at the other article I just posted, very funny.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1145012/posts


9 posted on 05/30/2004 9:15:49 PM PDT by wagglebee
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To: wagglebee
That article was posted from another source with a slightly different title here: Group tries to prevent gay Catholics from taking communion.

I don't understand the priests actions. If someone were to engage in any number of sins and broadcast that with pride in front of the church, would the priest allow them communion?

10 posted on 05/30/2004 9:38:55 PM PDT by scripter (Thousands have left the homosexual lifestyle)
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To: wagglebee

Prime Minister John Howard and the Australian Parliament have other plans!

Good for PM John Howard and the Aussie Parliament!

A pox on the left wing lunatics in control of Canada!


11 posted on 05/31/2004 6:14:10 AM PDT by Grampa Dave ( With close to 300 million Americans, why did Moore interview Berg in December 2003?)
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To: wagglebee; Byron_the_Aussie; shaggy eel

<< .... John Howard tends to borrow the tactics of George Bush, and that's exactly what he's done here in an attempt to try and win votes. >>

Smart feller, that John Howard.

Sticks with the Winners!

Consequently, the bloke whose tactics he's borrowing is, through January 2009, America's President and Armed-Forces Commander-In-Chief -- and Mr Howard is Australia's Prime Minister!

Smart feller indeed!

AND in Good Company!


12 posted on 05/31/2004 8:55:24 AM PDT by Brian Allen (United States of America's President and Armed-Forces Commander-In-Chief, George Walker Bush - 2008!)
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To: Brian Allen; Piefloater

WANTED IN NEW ZEALAND, RIGHT NOW!

,,, yes, indeed! He won't be labelled morally complex. This man is at the cutting edge of maintaining what's right in rejecting social engineering. Well done John Howard.

13 posted on 05/31/2004 1:18:05 PM PDT by shaggy eel
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To: shaggy eel
Good news for Howard this morning in The Australian

Big budget poll bounce for Howard By Dennis Shanahan, Political editor June 01, 2004

JOHN Howard and the Coalition have bounced back to an election-winning lead three weeks after the budget - their best position since Mark Latham took over as Labor leader.

In what appears to be a delayed reaction to the budget, there has been a startling 13 percentage-point turnaround in the primary vote, giving the Coalition a 10-point lead over Labor.

Despite continuing bad publicity about prisoner abuse in Iraq, the uproar over MPs' travel entitlements started by Liberal MP Trish Draper and speculation about the Prime Minister's leadership, the Government has leapt over the ALP.

In the past two weeks, Coalition support has jumped from 41 per cent to 47 per cent, its highest primary vote in a year, according to a Newspoll survey taken last weekend exclusively for The Australian.

Labor's primary vote fell from 44 per cent to 37 per cent, its lowest support since November last year, when Simon Crean's leadership was under siege.

The two-party-preferred vote of 53 per cent for the Coalition and 47 per cent for Labor would have easily returned the Howard Government for a fourth term, if an election had been held last weekend.

Labor's confidence was boosted by the Newspoll taken the weekend after the May 11 budget showed there was no expected bounce for the Government, with the Coalition vote slipping from 42 to 41 per cent and Labor support rising from 42 to 44 per cent.

The Government had hoped for a poll boost after the $52billion giveaway budget with its tax cuts and family benefits, but immediately became embroiled in destabilising speculation about Peter Costello's leadership ambitions, the US abuse of Iraqi prisoners and the travel rorts backlash.

Mr Howard suggested there could be a lag in public support for the Coalition after the budget, and the Coalition's position is now similar to its standing after the budget that preceded the 2001 election, when support fell initially but lifted later.

Support for Mr Latham also appears to be declining, particularly in relation to the choice between him and Mr Howard as prime minister.

On the question of preferred prime minister, Mr Howard's support rose last weekend from 50 per cent to 54 per cent, while Mr Latham's was unchanged on 32 per cent.

Mr Howard's lead of 22 points is the biggest over the Opposition Leader since Mr Latham's first weekend in the post after succeeding Mr Crean as ALP leader.

Since March this year, when Mr Latham virtually equalled Mr Howard as preferred prime minister - 42 per cent against 43 per cent - Mr Latham's support has steadily declined by 10 points to 32 per cent.

Satisfaction with the way Mr Latham is doing his job as Opposition Leader has been erratic but also trending down since his record high of 66 per cent in March. Last weekend it slipped to 54 per cent, down from 57 per cent.

Mr Howard's satisfaction generally has been climbing incrementally since March and a rise of three points to 57per cent last weekend is his highest since Mr Latham became Labor leader.

Despite the huge turnaround in support for the major parties there was little change in the support for the minor parties and independents, suggesting that some voters are switching their support from Labor to the Coalition.

14 posted on 05/31/2004 4:26:24 PM PDT by Piefloater
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,,, if you take out the continuous reality TV coverage of Iraq, it would appear that Mr Howard is making all the right noises on the home front. If Aussies don't want him I'd be more than happy to swap him with our Mr Klark any time.
15 posted on 05/31/2004 4:34:05 PM PDT by shaggy eel
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To: shaggy eel
If Aussies don't want him I'd be more than happy to swap him with our Mr Klark any time.

Er...thanks, but no thanks. I'd even prefer Latham to Mr Klark.

16 posted on 05/31/2004 4:42:50 PM PDT by Piefloater
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To: Piefloater

,,, understandable.


17 posted on 05/31/2004 4:45:53 PM PDT by shaggy eel
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