AAP May 31, 2012 THE AUSTRALIAN COM
MEMBERS of the NSW parliament have been told gay marriage could lead to the legalisation of polygamy.
Debate has resumed in the upper house on a same-sex equality motion introduced by Greens MP Cate Faehrmann last week.
Coalition MPs, including National Trevor Kahn, have previously expressed support for move that calls on the Federal Government to allow gay marriage.
But Liberal Matthew Mason-Cox today said same-sex marriage could lead to polygamy.
“Indeed, if one was to take the notion of equality of marriage to its logical conclusion, then there would be no reason to stand in the way of polygamist marriages, or other variants,” he told the chamber today.
“This is the so-called slippery slope in this debate which has manifested itself overseas in some jurisdictions where same-sex marriage has been allowed.”
Labor MP Helen Westwood, who is in a lesbian relationship, spoke in favour of the motion.
“This is a human rights issue and I believe very strongly the laws that discriminate against one group of Australians should amended,” she said.
Christian Democrats MP Fred Nile, who strongly opposes gay marriage, has previously spoken against the motion, and moved an amendment noting how the European Court of Human Rights did not consider gay marriage to be an inherent right.
A spokesman for Ms Faehrmann said a vote was likely to be held today.
Premier Barry O’Farrell refused to confirm whether he backed the motion.
“It’s an issue for the upper house, should it come to the lower house I’ll make my views clear then,” he said in Sydney.
The Premier has allowed Coalition MPs a conscience vote on the issue, unlike Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.
Mr O’Farrell dismissed suggestions the motion, if passed, may put pressure on Mr Abbott to allow a conscience vote when the Bill comes before federal parliament.
“I think Tony Abbott is the person least affected by pressure that I know,” he said.
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Gay marriage should not give green light to polygamy. Polygamy has already been permitted by the Creator of the heavens and the earth. his permission can observed from nature. Whilst a man impregnate different women within a year, one woman can only be impregnated by ONLY one man within a year. So polygamy has been permitted by the laws of nature, it is men who have passed laws to discourage its practice. In religious circles, polygamy is permitted (the practice seen in the Bible and the Qur’an by the prophets of God.
As for gay marriage, the least said about it the better. Its practice will bring human race to extinction since that marriage cannot bring about procreation. So those engaging in gay marriages should stop since they are not natural.