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Aspiring politician Lyle Shelton says the Coalition for Marriage only had three months to argue the case against marriage equality while those in favour of changing the laws had been lobbying politicians for close to 30 years. Shelton, who is the Australian Conservatives lead senate candidate at the next federal election, is currently speaking at […]
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16 Sep 2018 /
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The Coalition for Marriage has praised the senators who voted against or abstained from voting on the marriage bill. In a statement Lyle Shelton, who is also the head of the Australian Christian Lobby, said the senators who didn’t support the bill had shown a courageous commitment to freedom. Voting against the bill was the […]
Tags: Barry O'Sullivan, Brian Burston, Chris Ketter, Coalition for Marriage, Concetta Fierravanti-Wells, Cory Bernardi, Eric Abetz, Fraser Anning, Helen Polley, John 'Wacka' Williams, Lucy Gichuhi, Lyle Shelton, Marriage, Matt Canavan, slade brockman
29 Nov 2017 |
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No voters have launched an online petition calling for a recount of the Australian Marriage Postal Survey. The petition at change.org claims that the results provided by the Australian Bureau of Statistics are “unreliable and do not represent the true numbers reflected by the Australian people.” The petition says that corruption is widespread throughout government departments and […]
Tags: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Coalition for Marriage, LGBT, LGBTI, LGBTIQ, Lyle Shelton, Marriage, marriage equality, NO, postal survey, queer, Same Sex Marriage
17 Nov 2017 |
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Lyle Shelton, the Executive Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, has said he would have no problem with a law which allowed people to discriminate against others because of their religious beliefs. In a fiery debate with long term LGBTI rights activist Rodney Croome, Shelton put forward the Coalition for Marriage’s view about religious protections […]
Tags: Australian Christian Lobby, Coalition for Marriage, discrimination, Karvelas, Lyle Shelton, marriage equality, Patricia Karvelas, Rodney Croome
12 Nov 2017 |
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The Australian Bureau of Statistics has revealed the latest count on the number of marriage survey forms returned. A whopping 12.6 million Australians have returned their forms, representing 78.5 per cent of the eligible voters. The response rate is higher than the United Kingdom’s Brexit poll, the Irish referendum on marriage and the last US […]
Tags: ABS, Alex Greenwich, AME, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Marriage Equality, Coalition for Marriage, Freedom Team, Marriage, marriage survey, postal survey
7 Nov 2017 |
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The ABC’s fact checking department has looked into claims made by Karina Okotel from the Coalition for Marriage during her Q&A appearance last week and declared them “baseless“. During the discussion on Monday 23 October the Liberal Party’s Vice President said a consequence of same sex marriage would be an inevitable flow on effect to how […]
Tags: ABC, baseless, Coalition for Marriage, Fact Check, Jewish School, Karina Okotel, Lyle Shelton, Marriage, marriage equaity, Peter Abetz, Q&A, qanda, Thereasa May
30 Oct 2017 |
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Dr David van Gend, a leading spokesperson for the Coalition for Marriage and head of the Australian Marriage Forum has described homosexuality as “a disordered form of behaviour” during a radio interview. Dr van Gend, who is a GP and a member of the Queensland’s Liberal National party, was reflecting on the biblical story of […]
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27 Oct 2017 |
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Lyle Shelton, spokesperson for the Coalition for Marriage and the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, has described marriage equality as “snobbery”. Speaking at an event in Coffs Harbour on Thursday night, Shelton told an audience that very few countries in the world had legislation to allow same sex couples to wed. “There’s only […]
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27 Oct 2017 |
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The ABC’s current affairs discussion program Q&A will have a focus this week on the marriage equality debate. Appearing on the program will be actress Magda Szubanski, Archbishop of Sydney Glenn Davies, Liberal Party Vice President Karina Okotel and Frank Brennan, who is a Jesuit Priest and Law Professor. Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies made headlines […]
Tags: ABC TV, Anglican, Catholic, Coalition for Marriage, Frank Brennan, Glenn Davies, Karina Okotel, Liberal, Magda Szubanski, Marriage, marriage equality, Q and A, Same Sex Marriage, traditional marriage
23 Oct 2017 |
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The Coalition for Marriage have launched a new video as part of their campaign to stop same sex couples being allowed to wed. The new spot features Marijke Rancie, who has gained attention online as ‘Political Posting Mumma’. Rancie is a prominent campaigner against the Safe Schools program which aims to stop LGBTIQ students being […]
Tags: Coalition for Marriage, LGBTI, Marijke Rancie, Marriage, marriage equality, Political Posting Mumma, postal survey, queer, safe schools, Same Sex Marriage, transgender
16 Oct 2017 |
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