Almost 1,000 people filled the Great Hall of the
federal parliament on Tuesday 16 August - calling on
politicians to retain the definition of marriage currently in the Marriage
Act. Under the theme 'Don't Meddle With Marriage',
the meeting called for marriage to continue to be the "union of
a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for
life".
Mrs Rebecca Hagelin gave an
inspirational address - she called on everyone to celebrate and promote their
marriages and the benefits that they provide to society. She also
demonstrated that homosexual relationships and homosexual 'marriages' cannot
have the same recognition - Rebecca called on everyone to stand up and be
active in stopping the erosion of marriage.
About the rally.... There were a
large number of speakers - some were very good! We were concerned about
comments made by some speakers who said they had supported the 'removal of
discrimination' by the passing of amendments to 84 Commonwealth laws and one MP
said he supported civil unions but opposed marriage.
The involvement of speakers from other
faiths seems to have been done to spread the message of opposition to
homosexual 'marriage'. However, the inclusion of a message from a Muslim
imam, who praised marriage and the family, was problematic because Islam
allows a man to have four wives! His statement didn't specify 'one man and one
woman in marriage'. The appointment of a Mormon couple as 'Marriage Ambassadors'
was also a great concern, one reason being Mormonism's past
views on polygamy.
But there are bigger concerns...
Two groups have recently been formed with the
specific intent of claiming that Christians are in favour of homosexual
'marriage. These groups are ACTIVELY LOBBYING to tell MPs that
Christians support homosexual marriage.
Now for those groups supporting
homosexual 'marriage' . . .
The group, called 'Christians for
Gay Marriage', was formed in SA recently. Two of the spokespeople are
lesbian ministers of Uniting Churches in SA. A third spokesman is married to a
woman, but was the senior minister at Pilgrim Uniting Church in SA, which is
the church attended by Senator Penny Wong and her lesbian partner (if you
haven't heard, they recently announced the partner is expecting a baby in
December through IVF and sperm donation.)
The second group was formed during the
past week. It is called 'Christians 4 Equality' -
which is part of the homosexual lobby group "Australians for Marriage
Equality". They have set up a website and are calling for Christians
to tell their MPs they are in FAVOUR of homosexual 'marriage.
The website was launched on Friday 12 August, and public statements were
made on Monday 15 August, the day before the rally in Parliament House.
A number of ministers are listed on the
website of this new group. Some are homosexual - some are not.
The people who are part of this group (and
promoted on the website) are: Rev Bill Crews (Uniting Church
minister), Rev Rowland Croucher (Baptist minister/John
Mark Ministries), Rev Matt Glover (Baptist Minister, Lilydale
Baptist Church, Vic), Rev Roger Munson (UCA), Fr Dave
Smith (Anglican, Sydney), Rev Leanne Jenski (UCA,
lesbian, founder of Christians for Gay Marriage), Rev David
Hunnerup (UCA Tas), Rev Chris Bedding (Anglican,
WA). Others listed are Sandy Miller (lesbian), Paul
Martin (Psychologist)
To view the group's website, including a
statement from each minister - click here.
Read the report of the launch in the homosexual
paper Star Observer - click here.
To Rebecca Hagelin....... your
breed of Christianity is becoming increasingly abhorrent to many people both in
and out of the church and in your own country. Whoever paid for you to visit
Australia and speak at this rally made a very stupid decision. This is
probably why there is no transcript of your supposedly ‘inspirational address/stirring
message’ available anywhere on the net.....it was just too way out there, they
are nervous about how extreme you are and know that if the average Australian
read the entirety of your address they would be horrified. The sensationalist
rantings and scaremongering didn't work for Anita Bryant (Save Our Children) in the 70's or for Peter Madden (Homosexual Recruitment) earlier this year
regarding the Mardi Gras parade.....when will you people ever learn.