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“I wish I could kick you in the f**king face. That would be so satisfying.” Such is the current quality of debate on the plebiscite trail. And it proves that really, the crisis is almost nothing to do with marriage. It’s to do with our freedoms. The freedom to meet, to speak, to listen. Continue reading “How Free Should Australia Be?”
By: Clare Bruce | Hope 1032
Just 10 minutes’ drive from the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas, where the recent terrors took place, around 2000 people meet every week in the community of Summerlin to worship God. Continue reading “The Church in Las Vegas: Shining a Light in the Midst of Terror”
By: Stephen O’Doherty | Open House
Can the marriage law be amended in a way that both ‘sides’ in the current debate could be accommodated? Continue reading “Is There a Third Way to Resolve the Marriage Debate?”
By: Stephen O’Doherty | Open House
Which side of history are Christians on? It’s a question posed by the same sex marriage debate, as advocates for the yes case argue that society has progressed and the church needs to go with it. Continue reading “Marriage Debate: Progress Is Not Always as It Seems – Michael Jensen”
Andrea Mrozek is the program director of Cardus, a think tank that is dedicated to the renewal of social architecture within Canadian society.
She says she was unprepared for the extent to which the legalisation of same-sex marriage would affect legal definitions in her country. Continue reading “‘Mother’ and ‘Father’ Removed from Canadian Law”
By: Rachel Doherty | Tweens 2 Teen
Talking to children about tragedy is a tough topic for most parents. In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting, here’s four things to share with kids. Continue reading “Las Vegas: How to Help Kids Make Sense of Tragedy”
By: Stephen O’Doherty | Open House
Can political history teach us anything about the Marriage Postal Survey?
As the turn of the millennium approached, Australia was gripped with argument about whether we should become a republic. Continue reading “Marriage Survey: Time-Honoured Campaign Tactics on Both Sides”
By: Stephen O’Doherty | Open House
Christians for Marriage Equality has launched a campaign to argue the yes case in the upcoming marriage survey.
The group describes itself as “a national campaign bringing together churches, church organisations, ordained ministers and ordinary Christians who support civil marriage equality”. Continue reading “Christian Group Launched to Argue the Same Sex Marriage ‘Yes’ Case”
By: Stephen O’Doherty | Open House
When Canada legislated nationally for same sex marriage in 2005 many couples took advantage of the new law. But more than a decade later, the latest census shows that same sex marriages make up less than 1 percent of all marriages. Continue reading “Same Sex Marriage Legislation: What we can Learn from Canada”
“We’ve talked about marriage. Now we need to talk about freedom. We need to go back to how we do life together. We need to be able to express our deepest convictions and live alongside those who have different ones.”
Continue reading “It’s Not about Marriage. It’s about Freedom.”