Posted on 08/12/2003 11:28:40 AM PDT by aspasia
Australia Saying No to Homosexual Marriages
Following on the heels of President Bush's and the Pope's remarks opposing homosexual marriages, the prime minister of Australia has also spoken out forcefully against same-sex unions. This report is from AgapePress.
~~o~~Australia is saying ''no'' to homosexual marriage. Today that nation's federal government ruled out any move to legalize same-sex unions.
According to the Sydney Morning Herald, Prime Minister John Howard says ''traditional marriage is one of the bedrock institutions of our society and I don't want anything to occur that further weakens it.''
Howard told reporters in Darwin that ''...this is not in any way an attack on gay people, quite the reverse. Marriage, as we understand it in our society, is about children -- having children, raising them, providing for the survival of the species.''
Howard went further to say ''...I think that if the same status is given in our society to gay unions as are given to traditional marriage, we will weaken that bedrock institution.''
And here is a Reuters report on Prime Minister Howard's remarks, from an Australian newspaper.
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) -- Australia's conservative prime minister has aligned himself with the Vatican and U.S. President George W. Bush in ruling out gay marriages, saying they did nothing to support the ''survival of the species.''
Prime Minister John Howard, who has three children from his 32-year marriage, said on Tuesday that while he respected people's sexual preferences, those calling for gay marriages to be legitimized did not understand what marriage meant.
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