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From the thesis: The Church and the Law

Posted on May 25, 2016 by

From the late nineteen sixties the predecessors of the Uniting Church called for the decriminalisation of male homosexuality, and in the eighties and nineties the leadership of the Uniting Church supported the addition of sexuality to the prohibited grounds of discrimination in equal opportunity legislation. Continue reading →

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Should the church celebrate same-sex marriages? Well, maybe. (Neither yes nor no.)

Posted on September 28, 2013 by

Should the church celebrate same-sex marriage? I answer ‘maybe’. What I mean by ‘maybe’ is that marriage should be a state responsibility; that the state should marry both same-sex and different-sex couples; and that the church should bless the relationships … Continue reading →

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From the Forum on Same-Sex Marriage; the case for ‘maybe’

Posted on September 17, 2013 by

Should the church celebrate same-sex marriages? Maybe When it comes to marriage, my head and my heart are split. In the six years that I’ve been a minister of the Uniting Church, and thus a registered religious marriage celebrant, I’ve … Continue reading →

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