News from July 2004
28 July 2004 - Two
days left to make a submission on the Marriage Legislation Amendment
Bill
The Senate Committee is
asking for submissions from YOU!
The closing date is 30
July 2004.
The Bill
would:
* define marriage as between a man and a woman
* stop same-sex
'marriages' performed overseas being recognised in Australia.
* prevent
adoptions of overseas children by same sex couples.
Please support all these in your submission . . .
AND say why
relationship rights or 'civil union' status should not be given to same-sex
relationships (see ref 5 as below).
Send your submission:
The Committee encourages the lodgement of
submissions in electronic form to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au.
Please ensure that a postal address and phone number is enclosed with all
email submissions.
Submissions may also be faxed to (02) 6277 5794.
Or mail to The Secretariat,
Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee,
Room S1.61, Parliament House, Canberra ACT 2600 AUSTRALIA
28 July 2004 - NATIONAL MARRIAGE FORUM
A national
meeting to promote and protect marriage.
In the Great Hall,
Parliament House, Canberra
9.30 am – 5.00 pm, 4th August
2004
Speakers include:
Prof Patrick Parkinson, Sydney
University
Associate Prof, Dr Tom Altobelli, University of Western
Sydney
Angela Shanahan, Journalist Sunday Telegraph
Bill Muehlenberg,
National Marriage Coalition
Jim Wallace, Australian Christian Lobby
Mary
Louise Fowler, Australian Family Association and many more.
Prime Minister,
Hon John Howard and Leader of the Opposition, Mr Mark Latham have been invited
to address the forum.
Registration requested - cost $15.00 –
Includes morning & afternoon teas and light lunch.
For more
details or to register:
Email: info@marriage.org.au
Phone: 02 62590431 Fax: 02 6259 0462 (ACL)
22 July 2004 -
Make a
submission about the Marriage Act!
The
Senate Committee is asking for submissions.
The closing date is
30 July 2004.
Click here for full details of the
proposed bill, the Marriage Legislation Amendment Act -the 'points for
consideration by the Committee' and details about making a submission.
The Bill
would:
* define marriage as between a man and a woman
* stop same-sex
'marriages' performed overseas being recognised in Australia.
* prevent
intercountry adoptions by same sex couples.
You need to
address these three matters AND also ask the government not to recognise
same-sex relationships or grant them 'civil union' status.
Email your submission to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au
You must include your name, postal address and phone
number on the email submission.
If you want extra information about the proposed review click here
for the parliament Committee website page on this matter.
6 July 2004 - Make a
submission about the Marriage Act! Labor, the Greens and
the Democrats combined to stall the proposed amendment to the Marriage Act that
would ensure that marriage was between a man and a woman and that same-sex
attracted people could not adopt overseas children. (local adoption is a state
issue)
As we face an election within the next six
months, this has put before us a clear distinction between these three parties
and the Liberal/National Party Coalition, the Christian Democratic
Party and Family First on this issue. The latter all support the amendments
proposed by John Howard.
NOW IT IS YOUR TURN to have a say
. . .
The Senate has called for submissions (these can simply be a short
letter)
They are asking for your input - PLEASE give them the
clear message that you support marriage STAYING exclusively as a relationship
between a male and a female.
WE must also state
that we do NOT accept any form of legal recognition for same-sex relationships
or adoption rights.
Submissions close on July 30.
Email them to legcon.sen@aph.gov.au
- You must include your name, postal address and
phone number on the email submission.
If you want extra information about the proposed review click here
for the parliament website page on this matter.
6 July 2004 – The ‘L’ Word
on TV
The campaign of writing to advertisers about their ads
appearing on 'The L Word' has been very successful.
Over the fourteen
episodes (series is now finished) TWENTY-SIX companies wrote and said they had
asked Channel 7 or their media agencies not to put their ads on the L Word.
EIGHTEEN companies said the same about 'There's Something about Miriam' on Ch
10.
Media agencies have had to discuss scheduling with the companies and the
TV station has had fewer and fewer ads to place. In the last couple of weeks hey
even had Club X and phone sex ads!
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details. Author: Jenny Stokes | Modified: 13 August 2004 |
