‘Save marriage’: Senior Liberal MP warns of polygamy
Senior Liberal MP Kevin Andrews has claimed the legalisation of same-sex marriage could lead to polygamy being recognised by the state while at the same time suggesting the breakdown of marriage is the biggest threat facing the Western world and the government must do more to promote the institution.
The Opposition Families spokesperson has made the comments in his new book Maybe ‘I do’: Modern marriage and the pursuit of happiness which has been released by publisher Connor Court.
In the book, the devout Catholic and married father-of-five also writes that same-sex marriage laws would unfairly impinge upon the relationships and marriages of other people.
“Once the state can no longer insist that marriage involves a commitment to a member of the opposite sex, there is no ground (other than superstition) for insisting that marriage be limited to one person rather than several,” Andrews writes.
“The state will be called upon also to create the social conditions to protect such unions. If the state can define marriage as something new and novel, it can define other arrangements. It can ‘educate’ people to accept this new arrangement, as has occurred in a series of cases in Canada.”
Though elsewhere in the book Andrews (pictured) argues for increased governmental and court involvement in promoting marriage – including making divorce more difficult as well as a national family and marriage policy affirming marriage as the best environment for raising children – the former Immigration Minister believes the state has no place in promoting marriage for LGBTI people.
“Redefining marriage ‘politicises’ the institution in a dangerous manner,” he writes.
“Freedoms, including religious freedom, subsequently come under attack. Even the understandings of 'mother' and 'father' are replaced by ‘parent 1’ and ‘parent 2’ or some similar language.”
The comments come only a few weeks after Opposition Leader Tony Abbott was forced to sack Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi as his parliamentary secretary after he suggested during debate in the Senate on a marriage equality bill in mid-September that same-sex marriage would lead to the community accepting bestiality.
Andrews’s book was launched in Melbourne today by right wing media identity Andrew Bolt at a function hosted by the conservative-aligned Institute of Public Affairs.
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Comments (6)
In today's Guardian, an interesting interview to see who runs the show that Mr Andrews is so sure will send him to heaven if he does good.
"Hans Küng is appealing to priests and churchgoers to confront the Catholic hierarchy, which he says is corrupt, lacking credibility and apathetic to the real concerns of the church's members.
In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Küng, who had close contact with the pope when the two worked together as young theologians, described the church as an "authoritarian system" with parallels to Germany's Nazi dictatorship.
"The unconditional obedience demanded of bishops who swear their allegiance to the pope when they make their holy oath is almost as extreme as that of the German generals who were forced to swear an oath of allegiance to Hitler," he said.
The Vatican made a point of crushing any form of clerical dissent, he added. "The rules for choosing bishops are so rigid that as soon as candidates emerge who, say, stand up for the pill, or for the ordination of women, they are struck off the list." The result was a church of "yes men", almost all of whom unquestioningly toed the line."
Gawd help us, Tony, Joe, Kevin, etc
Abbott's Vatican Commando Kevin Andrews attended the Christian Lobby conference full of his usual bile. What worries me is the LNP front bench is almost all Vatican Commandos supporting the current Pope's views on homosexuality, that not doubt has not changed since he was a member of the Hitler Youth all those years ago. Even Catholic Malcolm Turnbull crossed the floor for his tax, but seemed to me to have Gay Panic when an equality bill was introduced to parliament. The idea the Liberal Party is Liberal is absurd. It is the party dominated by the dark forces of the Vatican Commandos.
Kevin Andrews and Cori Bernadi are all part of team of Abbott, along with Malcolm in the middle, who voted to support Tony Abbott’s Hate Thy Neighbour Brigade. What amazes me is the Liberal Party are not liberal at all, but advocate the Far Right Catholic Nanny State of Tony Abbott. It might be well for Tony Abbott to say his daughters greatest gift is their virginity, but he did not give his to his wife, and had to do DNA testing on children to make sure they are not his. Although Malcolm Turnbull does not support equality in parliament, perhaps we can agree that hypocrisy is to be found in the most sanctimonious.
kevin andrews is a dill. people bringing up this kind of stuff at this advanced stage of a serious debate. lol, just laugh it off.
Another day another dopey liberal. And to think they are even trying to get their grubby hands on our State seat of Sydney. Homo conservatives hang your heads in shame ( again )!!!
I have never understood how anyone can relate Gay marriage and polygamy together.
Gay men might indulge in 3somes at times, but polygamy as a permanent life choice. I don't think so.
Just scaremongering.