As Australia’s politicians again teeter on the edge of deciding to decide about marriage equality, there are those who will want to give the impression that Christians are all (or mostly) singing from the same hymn sheet on this. We are not. The hymn sheet itself has undergone major […]
A group of Christian leaders and academics today welcomed the much-anticipated Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017, opposing any form of plebiscite and instead urging the Parliament to make it law through a free vote in the Australian Parliament. Anglican Dean of Brisbane, Rev Dr Peter Catt […]
How should Christians apologise for contributing to the hurt, discrimination and exclusion of LGBTIQ+ people by the church and in society generally. What form should an apology take? Credit: MarijaRadovic / Getty Images Rosie Clare Shorter is a postgraduate student in Cultural Studies at Macquarie University. Recently, I’ve been […]
Can a public conversation get any worse? You’d be forgiven for despairing about the current state of the marriage equality debate. Recently a coalition of everyday Christians has come together under the name Equal Voices to change these dynamics. It is launching an apology to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, […]
Boiled down to basics, conservative Christians regard same gender sex is as an inter-personal, societal and ultimately religious contamination, which is abhorred by God. Credit: Vstock LLC / Getty Images Rev. Dr Keith Mascord is a founding member of the grassroots Christian movement Equal Voices . I often wonder […]