In this weekend’s Australian newspaper, there appeared a couple of compelling articles against ‘gay marriage’; and by writers who do not outwardly identify as Christian. One is written by a journalist, another by an academic. They talk not just about children and gay marriage: one of them discusses those topics in the context of bias in favour of mothers in the Family Court in divorce and custody hearings. However, they both give food for thought:
- Children Suffer Under Political Correctness, by journalist Angela Shanahan;
That we are in this ludicrous situation is, of course, no accident. People who have an interest in pushing the homosexual marriage agenda are really only exploiting the fact of modern fractured families. Even the gay commentator Andrew Sullivan pointed this out when he remarked that the only reason that gays can try for marriage, using the spurious notion of marriage equality, is because normal heterosexual marriage is in such a parlous state … More than 30 per cent of Australian children are now born out of wedlock. The vast majority of these relationships, contrary to propaganda, are very unstable.
- Women’s Rights Push Dads Aside, by researcher Jeremy Sammut
The case against gay marriage is that marriage establishes the right environment for the rearing of children by a mother and father. Gay activists respond that same-sex couples can be good parents. Critics who point out that children in same-sex families may forgo, to their detriment, the care of a mother or father are branded homophobic. By ignoring the substantive point, the welfare of children is set aside in favour of advancing the right of homosexuals and lesbians to be parents.