100,000 Australians call on ALP to protect marriage
Less than 24 hours after the Queensland Parliament passed a bill allowing same-sex unions, the Australian Marriage Forum has presented a 100,000 signature strong petition opposing same-sex marriage to the ALP National Conference. .
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Baptists oppose offshore and mandatory detention
The National Council of Australian Baptist Ministries has urged the federal government to process claims for refugee status within 90 days, and called on churches to oppose mandatory detention of asylum seekers and refugees.
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Family Association to target pro-gay marriage MPs
The Australian Family Association has raised the stakes in the fight to protect traditional marriage by vowing to distribute flyers in the electorates of Queensland MPs who support the Civil Partnerships bill before the state parliament.
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Catholic Church: new policy on community integration for asylum seekers "promising"
The Australian Catholic Migrant and Refugee Office welcomed today the decision by the Minister for Immigration Chris Bowen to move asylum seekers arriving by boat into the community on bridging visas while their claims are assessed.
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Marriage Petition passes 85,000 signatures ahead of ALP conference
More than 85,000 people have signed the marriage petition on the australianmarriage.org.au/petition website to the ALP conference, scheduled for the coming weekend, calling on the Labor Party not to change its definition of marriage.
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Anglican Church enters Murray-Darling water debate
Human welfare needs to be balanced against the need to maintain rivers for future generations, according to the Chair of the Anglican Church's Environmental working Group in Australia.
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Christians to voice opposition to same-sex marriage in Sydney rally
The National Marriage Coalition is calling on Christians to take to the streets of Sydney this Saturday to voice opposition to same-sex marriage in Australia.
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Churches say poker machine reform will continue
Australian Churches Gambling Taskforce Chair, Rev Tim Costello said he has no doubt the Government will continue its poker machine reforms, despite the changes made in the House of Representatives today.
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Atheist's Christmas ad: Christians discriminate against unbelievers
The American Humanist Association fired the most recent salvo by unveiling its third annual holiday public awareness campaign Monday. Titled \"Bias Against Atheists Is Naughty, Not Nice,\" the nationwide media blitz runs until Monday and highlights alleged cases of discrimination against atheists and agnostics.
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ACL: Left must respect PM's compromise position on marriage
The Australian Christian Lobby has acknowledged Prime Minister Julia Gillard's attempt to hold the line on marriage and said the party's left must accept it or consign the party to total irrelevance for the huge part of the population that cares deeply about the definition of marriage.
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People who attend religious service are more positive - study
Those who attend church, synagogue or any other religious service regularly are more likely to have a positive outlook on life and a lower risk of having depression, a new study has found.
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ACL Queensland Director urges Parliament to drop Civil Partnerships Bill
The Queensland Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, Wendy Francis, has appeared before the Legal Affairs Committee on the Civil Partnership Bill this morning, urging the Parliament to reject the Bill.