Church Leaders Claim Marriage Equality Is Literally A Matter Of Life And Death For Young People Fun Love
And prayer is not enough. (Warning: The following story contains references to suicide.)
One hundred religious leaders in Australia have signed a petition calling on the federal government to allow same sex marriage.
Government MP Warren Entsch, independent senator Andrew Wilkie, Labor MP Terri Butler and Greens leader Richard Di Natale also attended *a prayer breakfast at Parliament House on Wednesday.
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Archdeacon Fr Peter MacLeod-Miller, Rev Angus McLeay and Rev Dr Margaret Mayman handed the letter to the MPs co-sponsoring the cross-party marriage equality bill.
The letter, addressed to prime minister Tony Abbott and obtained by BuzzFeed News, reads, "the views of Christians in relation to marriage under the Act are more complex and varied than those represented by prominent lobbies and leaders. As people of faith we strongly disagree that the Act should be maintained in its current form."
It also noted that recent polling found 65% of Christians in Australia support same-sex marriage.
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For a room full of MPs from warring parties, there was a lot of love in the room. Labor's Terri Butler hugged government backbencher Warren Entsch.
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Australian Marriage Equality's deputy director Ivan Hinton-Teoh hugged his mum.
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