It seems that writing a document using the research of the negative consequences of the gay lifestyle and insisting that the best place for a child to be raised is with a married mother and father is cause for dismissal by the Australian Government.
Both men were asked to repudiate the contents of the document. When one refused to do so, he was sacked.
However, what disturbed me most was that the man was sacked because what was written was unfavourable to the "influential lesbian and gay community". It reads like kow-towing to a superior class.
Related Links: Govt ambassadors in gay hate controversy ~ The Age
Co-authors defend sacked ambassador over gay slur ~ ABC News
Australia government embroiled in homophobia row ~ Reuters
21 Reasons Why Gender Matters
In a major embarrassment to Labor and Health Minister Nicola Roxon, two of the government's health ambassadors, Warwick Marsh and Barry Williams, contributed to the paper 21 Reasons Why Gender Matters, published by the Fatherhood Foundation two years ago.
Both men were asked to repudiate the contents of the document. When one refused to do so, he was sacked.
However, what disturbed me most was that the man was sacked because what was written was unfavourable to the "influential lesbian and gay community". It reads like kow-towing to a superior class.
Roxon said the government was working to reverse discriminatory laws for same-sex couples and said she hoped the influential gay and lesbian community, estimated to number around 400,000 people, would see the appointments as a simple mistake.The sad thing is, the document's focus was the well-being of children, who do best in the natural family. Something the government ought to be far more interested in than pandering to a small, but influential group.
Co-author of the document Mary-Louise Fowler, Vice-President of the Australian Family Association, says the document's main focus was the wellbeing of children and she has criticised the Government for dismissing Mr Marsh so quickly.
She says the 21 Reasons study wanted "to emphasise the importance, and indeed the right, for children to be raised in the natural family setting by both their mother and father.
"Nicola Roxon's knee-jerk sacking of Warwick Marsh indicates an unwillingness on the part of the Federal Government to listen to the views of people who dissent from the politically correct norms of recent years.
"It is an obvious contradiction when those who pride themselves on being "inclusive", exclude the views of a well researched document. It is appalling when elected representatives engage in this practice."
Related Links: Govt ambassadors in gay hate controversy ~ The Age
Co-authors defend sacked ambassador over gay slur ~ ABC News
Australia government embroiled in homophobia row ~ Reuters
21 Reasons Why Gender Matters