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The complete argument against Gay Marriage

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Image via Wikipedia Why Marriage is the exclusive union of a Man and a Woman  1.1 Many  Christians  will be aware of the campaign for so-called marriage “equality”.  A bill currently  before the  Australian Parliament  aims to change the current definition of marriage to allow same sex  couples to marry.  This would represent a radical revision of the public understanding of marriage as a  social institution, and a radical challenge to the Christian understanding of marriage. Federal  Parliamentarians  have been asked to “gauge their constituents’ views on ways to achieve equal  treatment for same sex couples including marriage”. 1.2 What are our views as Christians on this issue? And why should we engage in the political  debate?  This paper seeks to answer these questions, setting out the case in favour of retaining the  current  Federal law  which defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all  others, voluntarily entered into for life. The paper has four