SA senator Cory Bernardi rigns as Tony Abbott's parliamentary secretary after makg ments lkg gay marriage to the social acceptance of havg sex wh animals.
Contents:
- TONY ABBOTT SCRIB GAY MARRIAGE AS THE 'FASHN OF THE MOMENT'
- TONY ABBOTT LEADS THE CHARGE FOR THE GAY MARRIAGE 'NO' VOTE
- TONY ABBOTT UNR PRSURE FOR NSCIENCE VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE
- WHY TONY ABBOTT WON’T BACK GAY MARRIAGE BILL, MARRIAGE ‘PROTECTS WOMEN AND CHILDREN’
- TONY ABBOTT SAYS GAY MARRIAGE STRENGTHENS SOCIAL FABRIC
- TONY ABBOTT AND SISTER'S GAY MARRIAGE ROW GO PUBLIC
- TONY ABBOTT: I WAS HEAD-BUTTED BY GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE
- TONY ABBOTT: THE ANTI-HERO ON GAY MARRIAGE?
- GAY MARRIAGE MURAL SHOWS TONY ABBOTT MARRYG HIMSELF
- GAY MARRIAGE BATE: TONY ABBOTT URG ATRALIA TO VOTE ‘NO’
- TONY ABBOTT CLAIMS HEAD-BUTT BY ATRALIAN GAY-MARRIAGE SUPPORTER
- KATY PERRY BLASTS ATRALIAN POLICIAN TONY ABBOTT OVER GAY MARRIAGE ISSUE
TONY ABBOTT SCRIB GAY MARRIAGE AS THE 'FASHN OF THE MOMENT'
Former PM Tony Abbott has clared gay marriage will strengthen Atralia's social fabric - spe vigoroly mpaigng agast lettg same-sex upl tie the knot. * tony abbott gay marriage *
Tony Abbott has e unr fire for scribg gay marriage as "the fashn of the moment", while fendg his opposn to legislatg on the ments e one day after the opposn lear scribed a young Liberal ndidate, Fna Stt, as havg sex, appearg on a Sydney rad statn, was discsg his view that marriage is between a man and a woman. "Abbott later clarified his posn, sayg that, while gay marriage was important, was not the only signifint issue facg said he was not suggtg gay marriage was a "fad" but then rejected the suggtn that legalisg such unns was "evable". And he likened the issue to republinism, sayg many people had once thought was evable that Atralia would throw off the royal fay, and they were 's gay sister Christe Forster tweeted: "Everyone knows my brother @tonyabbottMHR & I have different views on marriage equaly.
"The puty prime mister, Anthony Albane, said Abbott's ments on Stt and gay marriage were both "eply offensive" and went to his character.
"Rudd said Abbott's remark was "pretty odd to be blunt" and that sexism, racism and homophobia had no place morn Atralia.
TONY ABBOTT LEADS THE CHARGE FOR THE GAY MARRIAGE 'NO' VOTE
It's fair to say Atralia's ex-PM Tony Abbott and his sister hold differg views on gay marriage. * tony abbott gay marriage *
"Mr Abbott's claim about relig eedom is at odds wh the agreement that any same sex-marriage proposal would exempt church and other relig groups om havg to marry gay was taken to task on Twter by his sister Christe Forster, who is gay. " Alex EllghsenFormer prime mister John Howard, who explicly banned gay upl om marryg 2004, said Mr Turnbull had done the right thg by honourg the electn promise rather than movg straight to a ee vote.
Speakg to reporters on Tuday night, Mr Howard rejected his 2004 cisn was the e of the Coaln's prent day pa, sayg his ernment had "good reason" to act bee misters feared "unelected judg" would allow gay upl to wed.
TONY ABBOTT UNR PRSURE FOR NSCIENCE VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE
Shhhh! Don’t tell him, but some Liberals reckon that Tony Abbott is the man bt-placed to liver gays and lbians so-lled marriage equaly. * tony abbott gay marriage *
"Mr Howard's actns 2004, where he changed the Marriage Act to fe marriage as a unn between a man and a woman wh Labor's support Parliament, has been held up by gay marriage mpaigners as evince why Mr Turnbull should jt proceed to parliamentary vote stead of an expensive Howard said Mr Turnbull had no alternative but to put forward the postal vote the face of the Senate rejectg the pulsory plebisce if he wanted to keep his promise of lettg the Atralian people have their say.
00pmLike most, I have tried to be there for iends and fay who are gay. It's a long time, thank God, sce gay people have been discrimated agast and jt about everyone old enough to remember that time is variably embarrassed at the tolerance that was once mon. There's been fake news about non-existent homophobic posters and a homophobic ram raid that never happened.
WHY TONY ABBOTT WON’T BACK GAY MARRIAGE BILL, MARRIAGE ‘PROTECTS WOMEN AND CHILDREN’
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Yet if the polls are to be believed, we are about to disrd the ncept of marriage that has stood sce time immemorial favour of a new ncept that would have been srnfully rejected even by gay people jt a generatn week, an anti-same sex marriage gay activist posed the qutn: "How are women gog to regnise lbianism as an alternative to heterosexualy if they don't see prottg agast stutns that have been harmful to : like marriage, prostutn and the nuclear fay? "I'm sure that some gay activists really believe that they are tryg to promote stable, long-term relatnships by extendg marriage to same sex upl; but others clearly want to subvert marriage. And the gay people mandg to be married don't want their relatnships to change; they jt want them to be acrd a new 's said that there should be absolutely no difference, even termology, between relatnships bee "love is love".
In Ameri, a baker has been prosecuted for refg to put a slogan on a weddg week Quarterly Essay, a "safe schools" supporter, Benjam Law, said that " might be statg the obv but same sex marriage is far om the fal ontier the battle agast homophobia" – promptg the equally obv qutn: how n parents keep genr fluidy programm out of schools here Atralia when genr fluidy has entered the Marriage Act? Why Tony Abbott won’t back gay marriage bill, marriage ‘protects women and children’TONY Abbott has spoken more about why he won’t be supportg a bill for marriage equaly, and what he believ the stutn of marriage Abbott has spoken more about why he won’t be supportg a bill for marriage equaly, and what he believ the stutn of marriage Abbott was terviewed on Sydney talkback rad statn 2GB where he rtated his opposn to marriage equaly and claimed marriage had “evolved” to “protect women and children”. Stnch 'No' mpaigner Tony Abbott ngratulat same-sex marriage 'Y' mpaign on historic w sayg new laws will 'strengthen the social fabric'Tony Abbott has told parliament gay marriage will 'strengthen our social fabric'The former prime mister had been a leadg No mpaigner agast changeHe is planng to attend his lbian sister Christe Forster's Febary weddg Published: 07:19 BST, 4 December 2017 | Updated: 08:48 BST, 4 December 2017.
Tony Abbott has clared gay marriage will strengthen Atralia's social fabric - spe vigoroly mpaigng agast lettg same-sex upl tie the former prime mister has also told parliament he looked forward to attendg the upg weddg of his lbian sister Christe his first major speech sce the Y mpaign triumphed the postal vote survey, Mr Abbott hailed same-sex marriage as somethg that will fact add to nservative valu.
TONY ABBOTT SAYS GAY MARRIAGE STRENGTHENS SOCIAL FABRIC
Former prime mister Tony Abbott says gay marriage will add to nservative valu'If ed same-sex marriage do turn out to mean that there are more stable and lastg relatnships this untry, gay as well as straight, then will have strengthened our social fabric, ' he said. 'Mr Abbott's sister Christe Forster, a Liberal Cy of Sydney uncillor, is expected to marry her long-time partner Virgia Edwards Febary followg a four-year engagement and a postal survey that overwhelmgly supported their right to high-profile uple, who met each other on Sydney's North Shore, mpaigned for gay marriage, along wh Mr Abbott's dghter Franc, who is now engaged to former Olympic rower Sam Loch.
The Liberal member for Warrgah ngratulated the Y mpaign on s landsli victory while speakg parliament Mr Abbott also said he looked forward to attendg the upg weddg of his lbian sister Christe Forster (pictured)'Gay people, their parents, their siblgs, their children, their wir fay and their iends should savur this succs and aga I ngratulate the Y mpaign for s victory, ' Mr Abbott former Liberal lear, who traed to bee a Catholic prit durg the 1980s, has ma no secret of his opposn to same-sex marriage and told parliament on Monday that he would make sure the voic of four ln Atralians who voted No the postal survey were heard. Crics ll a layg sister, Christe Forster, Liberal uncillor Sydney, has been engaged to her same-sex partner Virgia Edwards for nearly four years and wants gay marriage across the when Mr Abbott told reporters why a no vote was important, Ms Forster tweeted her take on the matter, le by le:Mr Abbott: "If you don't like same-sex marriage: vote no. CANBERRA, Atralia — Atralia’s prime mister on Friday urged rtrat the natn’s same-sex marriage bate after his precsor, Tony Abbott, said he was head-butted by a gay rights advote and staed a swollen lip.
Abbott said he was attacked the Tasmania state pal Hobart on Thursday as he walked wh a staffer to his hotel after attendg an anti-gay marriage luncheon. The altertn is one of several allegatns of vlence and vote-riggg that have marred an ongog postal ballot on whether Atralia should lift s prohibn on gay marriage. Prime Mister Mal Turnbull, a gay marriage supporter who replaced Abbott two years ago, said he had urged police to prs charg.
TONY ABBOTT AND SISTER'S GAY MARRIAGE ROW GO PUBLIC
Abbott was prime mister 2015 when he mted his nservative ernment to holdg a pulsory vote by all adult Atralians to ci whether gay marriage should be legal. Lawmakers would still have to pass a law to allow gay marriage and several have said they would not allow regardls of public opn.
Most gay rights advot had argued agast a public vote for fear that would lead to a bter public bate. Don’t tell him, but some Liberals reckon that Tony Abbott is the man bt-placed to liver gays and lbians so-lled marriage that the Prime Mister supports gay marriage.
TONY ABBOTT: I WAS HEAD-BUTTED BY GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE
Neverthels, the Hawke-Keatg reforms fied expectatns of a Labor ernment and are celebrated for this sense, Abbott is beg amed as the anthetil rabow hero; that if a social nservative like him n be nvced not to stand the way of gays and lbians marryg would rry much more signifince. Mallm Turnbull supportg gay marriage?
Abbott’s the headle hardler, the Nixon-go-to-Cha, unter-tuive agent for change that some people ’s hard not to agree that Abbott’s acquicence to a nscience vote on gay marriage would be worth much more to the e than Turnbull’s advocy, even if Abbott’s personal vote didn’t end up appearg the Ay so, the lead-up to Tuday’s aln partyroom, there was a quiet but termed effort wh the Feral Liberal Party to get a discsn gog on gay marriage.
“The rponse om supporters of marriage has been magnificent, ” ACL managg director Lyle Shelton said, revealg that more than 20, 000 anti-gay marriage Atralians had bombard Liberal MPs backers rponse to the ACL’s mpaign. ”At this pot, ’s important to note that no-one thks that a vote on gay marriage would succeed right now the Lower Hoe, even if Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm’s Freedom to Marry Bill scraped though the is an issue that has veloped a quick evolutn among MPs as they stggle to keep up wh the tim or, some stanc, rensir old stcts at the urgg of younger fay Liberal MP Warren Entsch, a motached former crodile hunter om north Queensland and unlikely champn of gay rights revealed to this lumn this week, some of his lleagu who oppose gay marriage have been chastised by their children for beg so has doubts Leyonhjelm’s Bill will ever see the light of day but as chair of the parliamentary iends of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and tersex group he says he would sponsor a Government Bill if the other si of the Chamber, the difficulty is not how to start the nversatn but where to stop. This would bd Labor MPs and senators to support any legislative attempt to legalise gay Labor MP or senator who felt unable to toe the le and crossed the floor would be expelled om the of them would be WA Labor Senator Joe Bullock, the veteran unnist, one-time Liberal Party member and universy mate of Abbott.
TONY ABBOTT: THE ANTI-HERO ON GAY MARRIAGE?
Bullock would be among half a dozen Labor senators sist a vote on gay marriage is bdg would be sane, says one senr Labor MP who is one of many 50-somethg male policians Parliament to have dropped his opposn to gay marriage. 'Hurtful and unnecsary:' Mural support of gay marriage showg 'no' mpaigner Tony Abbott tyg the knot wh himself divis the terSydney street mural shows former Prime Mister Tony Abbott marryg himselfIn the giant patg Redfern, Mr Abbott is drsed as both bri and groomThe former prime mister is a key figure advotg 'no' vote postal surveyMural has divid social media, hours before survey forms set to h post box Published: 04:28 BST, 11 September 2017 | Updated: 04:56 BST, 11 September 2017.
“I’m not sayg that there is anythg ferr about a relatnship between a man and a man or a woman and a Abbott scribed gay marriage as a “war on our way of life that polilly-rrect activists have been prosecutg for years now” said activists have “lived whout change for many, many years” and should show “a ltle b more rpect for the way thgs have been. ” GOING POSTALA postal vote on gay marriage will happen next month after the ernment’s last-dch effort for a plebisce was killed off, but lobbyists are also vowg to stop wh a High Court challenge. Inpennt MP Andrew Wilkie has teamed up wh gay rights activist Rodney Croome to lnch a challenge agast the postal vote.
The fired-up Labor senator blasted the Coaln over s bid to have a plebisce, or even a postal plebisce, Parliament today sayg was nothg but an expensive stunt which would hurt the gay muny. But if the public voted overwhelmgly to legalise gay marriage, Mr Abbott said he would rpect the rult. A postal vote on gay marriage is all but certa to go ahead next month but the Turnbull Government will make a last-dch effort today to hold a pulsory plebisce.
GAY MARRIAGE MURAL SHOWS TONY ABBOTT MARRYG HIMSELF
Attorney-General Gee Brandis last night said he expected gay marriage would be legal by Christmas.
Liberal senator Cory Bernardi has rigned as Tony Abbott's parliamentary secretary amid a fierce backlash over ments he ma lkg gay marriage to the social acceptance of havg sex wh Abbott has scribed the ments as "ill-discipled" and has accepted Senator Bernardi's rignatn. "[The argument that] if that gay uple that have been livg together for 30 years are allowed to term their relatnship a marriage, that will lead to people havg sex wh animals and wantg that to be scribed as a marriage - that is so bizarre.
"Let's talk about gay marriage, " she said. " A host then explas that Abbott is agast gay marriage. " The 28-year-old sger has long been a supporter of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr rights.
GAY MARRIAGE BATE: TONY ABBOTT URG ATRALIA TO VOTE ‘NO’
Opn polls put support for gay marriage Atralia between 62 percent and 68 to Katy Perry's 2Day FM terview below.
The man behd the asslt later said had nothg to do wh marriage ’s dghter, Franc, then appeared an ad for the Equaly Campaign backg same-sex marriage, sayg “you n’t help who you fall love wh” stayed on the attack, claimg that US rapper Macklemore had appropriately policised the NRL grand fal by playg his h song Same that cint early October, Abbott was ls vol the no mpaign, leadg to speculatn among marriage equaly supporters that he had been November, Abbott re-emerged, givg a speech to the anti-gay Alliance Defendg Freedom group, which is classed as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Centre, sayg a 40% no vote the postal survey would be a “moral victory” no mpaign failed even this most target – wh 38.