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Rudd’s change on marriage sets up a new stolen generation
ACL welcomes defeat of NSW euthanasia bill
National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving – this Saturday
Worldview thinker to tour Australia
ACL’s MD Lyle Shelton talks on the Political Spot about sports betting advertising
Mary-Louise Fowler on the Political Spot about World Congress of Families
ACL’s Nick Overton on the Political Spot about cuts to overseas aid in budget
Speeches at ACL Tasmania Conference 2013
Political Ideology Series
Peaceful demonstration in Vic for Pakistani Christians
In the media – a wrap up of the last week’s commentary
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It’s been another big week here at the ACL with requests for a comment on Kevin Rudd changing his position on marriage.
At various times throughout the week I felt that some of our arguments were beginning to cut through like the interview I did with ABC News Radio’s Marius Benson on Wednesday morning. Have a listen and let us know what you think. The interview goes for 5 minutes.
It was nonetheless disappointing that Senator Wong and the PM would not engage the actual argument about kids rights to a mum and a dad and instead resulted to name calling. They said nothing about whether redefining marriage would make it ok to rob a child of one of its biological parents because of same-sex couples using technology to produce babies.
It’s concerning that some people have lost the capacity to reason. This is all the more reason why we must not be silent in the debate about changing the definition of marriage and the harmful consequences of it.
Kevin Rudd’s hero Dietrich Bonhoeffer would be turning in his grave at the former Prime Minister’s capitulation this week on same-sex marriage.
As the German Confessing Church was being harassed by the state in the 1930s, it was Bonhoeffer who rhetorically asked “Who stands firm?”
Amid the ferocity of the debate on changing the definition of marriage, this question remains relevant to the Australian church.
God bless,
Lyle Shelton
Managing Director

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