Former prime minister Tony Abbott has again drawn the public ire of his high-profile sister for his stance on same-sex marriage, with Liberal councillor Christine Forster rejecting her brother’s claim that changing the Marriage Act raised questions about “gender fluidity”.
On Sunday, Mr Abbott said allowing same-sex couples to marry “raises issues beyond marriage”, questioning whether “it would be possible to exclude gender fluidity discussions from schools if gender fluidity is contemplated by the Marriage Act?”.
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Our most successful Olympian appeared at the City2Surf run encouraging all australians who aren’t already enrolled to vote in the postal plebiscite on same sex marriage to do so.
A bill that legalises marriage between “any two persons” raises issues beyond marriage.. 1/2
— Tony Abbott (@TonyAbbottMHR)
August 20, 2017
..E.g. would it be possible to exclude gender fluidity discussions from schools if gender fluidity is contemplated by the Marriage Act? 2/2
— Tony Abbott (@TonyAbbottMHR)
August 20, 2017
Ms Forster, who sits on the City of Sydney and who wants to marry her long-term partner Virginia Edwards, responded by saying the legal change is about marriage and “nothing more”.
“Allowing [two] people to marry has nothing to do with ‘gender fluidity’,” she tweeted, marking the latest public discussion between the two siblings.
Disagreement over the implications of implementing same-sex marriage has quickly emerged as a key theme of public debate ahead of a postal survey, with Mr Abbott and other opponents seeking to frame the question as a wider issue of religious freedom, freedom of speech, the protection of children, political correctness and radical social change.
Supporters of change reject this view, arguing it is simply about allowing two people of the same sex to marry.
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Attorney-General George Brandis, a supporter of change, said on Sunday he would not be “tricked” by Mr Abbott into fighting on wider issues.
Christine Forster. Photo: Christopher Pearce
“What I am not going to do is be tricked by Tony Abbott and others who are trying to trying to turn a debate about one issue, that is about whether same-sex couples should be able to marry, into a broader debate about religious freedom because that is not what this is about,” Senator Brandis told Sky News.
The Attorney-General said religious freedoms would be protected under existing law and “very thorough” measures in a bill to change the Marriage Act.
Christine Forster (right), and Virginia Edwards. Photo: James Alcock
Defence Industry Minister Christopher Pyne took to Twitter on Sunday night to remind voters they had until midnight on Thursday to enrol with the Australian Electoral Commission to vote in the postal survey.
I’m in favour of a yes vote and I intend to campaign for it.
— Christopher Pyne (@cpyne)
August 20, 2017
Meanwhile, Australia’s most senior Catholic, Archbishop of Melbourne Denis Hart, has warned teachers, nurses and other workers employed by the church might be fired if they marry same-sex partners under a legal change.
Archbishop Hart told Fairfax Media the church expected its employees to uphold its teachings “totally” and defiance would treated “very seriously”.
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