The NSW Council of Churches has urged church leaders to publicly oppose a motion by Greens MLC Cate Faehrmann supporting same sex marriage.
Mr Marshall Ballantine-Jones, Executive Director of Media for Anglican Youthworks, and a member of the NSW Council of Churches executive, said it was staggering to think that so-called informed MPs actually entertained “such an extreme and cruel motion.”
“Marriage is not about gay rights, it’s about children,” he said. “Professor Patrick Parkinson’s recent report, For Kid’s Sake, leaves no ambiguity. Children raised outside of a traditional marriage have alarmingly increased rates of self-harm, substance abuse, mental illnesses, and premature sexual activity.
“Statistics don’t lie – children ideally need a biological mother and a father. If anything, politicians should be moving to strengthen traditional marriage,” Mr Ballantine-Jones said. “Once society dilutes the uniqueness of traditional marriage into obscurity through this erroneous motion, there goes the last bastion of hope for a better future for children,” he said.
Broadcast on 2CH Sydney, 6 May 2012.



