The Australian Christian Lobby’s Managing Director Lyle Shelton has announced his resignation, announcing his intention to run for federal parliament at the next federal election. Shelton has been with the conservative lobby group for over a decade and spent the last five years as its Managing Director. He also headed the Coalition for Marriage, the […]
The Australian newspaper and cartoonist Bill Leak have been criticised over a cartoon published in yesterday’s edition of the newspaper which depicted the supporters of marriage equality to the Nazi regime. Dr Dvir Abramovich, Chairman of the Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) said he understood why cartoonists are drawn to the Nazi analogy but described the comparison […]
Last night the Head of the Australian Christian Lobby Jim Wallace featured on Channel Ten’s The Project to justify PM Gillard’s stance on the new Anti-Discrimination Act. Gillard has assured that religious institutes will still be able to discriminate based on sexuality, this means schools and hospitals will be entitled to fire/refuse to hire members […]
Immediately after the federal parliament struck down two marriage equality bills the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) released a media statement ‘Welcoming the end of the marriage debate’. Despite a plethora of state marriage bills that are working towards amending the marriage bill, Director Jim Wallace’s representatives spoke with a sense of finality, stating – ‘it […]
The head of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) has released a statement clarifying his comments comparing the health risks of smoking and following a gay lifestyle. ACL head Jim Wallace says that the reporting of his comments in the media was inaccurate and misrepresented his views. Mr Wallace says that the disapointed with the Prime […]
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has cancelled her appearance at the Australian Chrisitian Lobby’s (ACL) annual conference. Pressure for the Prime Minister to withdraw from speaking at the conference intensified yesterday when ACL leader Jim Wallace compared gay marriage and the health risk of smoking. The Prime Minister described the comments ‘offensive’. In a statement the […]
Jim Wallace, head of the Australian Chrisitian Lobby has said that smoking is healthier than gay marriage. Mr Wallace made his comments during a debate with The Greens leader Senator Christine Milne. The two idealogically oposed leaders were facing each other off at the Unviersity of Tasmania. Mr Wallace’s comments came after a student asked […]
