Shouting is not a debate
Posted on August 24, 2015
Filed under Opinion
“As the discussion around the proposal to change the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples is played out in the media and in the parliament, other larger questions have been thrown into stark relief.
Perhaps the most important of these is how we will deal with those with whom we disagree. Put in its starkest form, will we still allow our citizens the freedom to dissent without reprisal?
The signs at this stage of the debate are disturbing, to say the least…”
– Moore College Principal, Mark Thompson, has this opinion-piece in today’s Sydney Morning Herald.
See also: Homosexuality: Jesus deeply loved ‘the sexually broken’ – Murray Campbell, lead Pastor at Mentone Baptist Church. (Brisbane Times. h/t SydneyAnglicans.net.)
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