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| | Australian House of Representatives moves to affirm support for heterosexual marriage |
 | | Chris Hayes (Australian Labor Party, Division of Werriwa), took a different stance in speaking to the motion, by discussing how the Government's new industrial relation legislation, WorkChoices, would affect the balancing of work and family life, and called for industrial legislation that would "support families into the future". |
 | | Margaret May (Liberal, Division of McPherson), the seconder of the motion, recommenced arguing against same-sex marriage, calling it a "social experiment", and went on to state that "Same sex relationships, or, indeed, unions should not have the same status as a marriage between a man and a woman". |
 | | John Murphy (Labor, Division of Lowe) also affirmed support for heterosexual marriage, by stating that "Marriage is a natural bond between man and woman, recognized in the vast majority of cultures, whether Christian or otherwise", and that "nature ordains the natural procreative function of man and woman". |
| www.bloggernews.net /2006/06/australian-house-of-representatives.html (722 words) |
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