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 SaltShakers
Media Release: September,
2007
Marriage
and gender matter
Prime
Minister John Howard said
that children deserve both
a mother and a father, and
that marriage between a man
and a woman is the foundation
of our society when he spoke
to the National Summit on
Marriage, Family and Fatherhood
in Parliament House yesterday
(18 Sept).
“Mr
Howard endorsed the group’s
aim of promoting marriage
and reiterated the importance
of fatherhood” said Peter
Stokes, Executive Officer
of Salt Shakers.
Peter and Jenny Stokes were
two of the speakers at the
full-day Summit along with
more than 20 speakers from
a range of family and fatherhood
groups.
The
Marriage Manifesto was launched
in the morning – this included
a range of proposals for legislation
including pre-marriage education
vouchers and a number of measures
to reinforce the importance
of marriage and the natural
family.
The
speakers in the afternoon
focused on the importance
of gender being male and female.
A book ‘21 Reasons why Gender
matters’ was launched during
the afternoon.
“This booklet collates much
of the social science research
on this vital issue.
Great concern was expressed
over the promotion and acceptance
of homosexual relationships
and the link with gender confusion
was explored by several speakers,”
said Peter Stokes.
Salt Shakers endorses the
Open Letter (with more than
6,000 signatures) that is
being sent to all federal
MPs today opposing all forms
of relationship registration,
apart from marriage betweena
man and a woman
The
letter, organised by Festival
of Light, was presented to
the Summit by FOL Research
Officer Richard Egan.
It calls on the government
to legislate to stop the states
registering other forms of
relationship, and called on
the Labor party to drop their
policy of supporting the introduction
of state-based relationship
registers.
For further comment, contact
Peter Stokes 0413 084 145
Email peter@saltshakers.org.au
www.saltshakers.org.au
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