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JULY 31st 2003: VATICAN STATEMENT:
CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING PROPOSALS TO GIVE LEGAL RECOGNITION TO UNIONS BETWEEN HOMOSEXUAL PERSONS   FULL TEXT and RESPONSES
 By David McKenna :    
  Title   Newspaper   Date
  Table Talk   Eureka Street Magazine, Australia   July, 1998

 
 By Our Spokesperson :  (Michael Kelly)  
  Title   Newspaper   Date
  Over the Rainbow The Age Newspaper, Melbourne 22nd May, 1999
  Why We should Worry about Pell   The Melbourne Star Observer

 June, 1999

  Rainbow Warrior   Eureka Street Magazine, Australia  July, 1998
  Reply to Lance Spurr   The Melbourne Star Observer  5th June 1998
  The Radical Ministry of Jesus   The Australian  3rd June, 1998
  How a Sorry Church 
      still destroys so many Lives
The Age   'Opinion' March 2000
 Interview Transcript Religion Report ABC Radio  May 2002
Opinion Piece Sydney Morning Herald May 2002
 'Ruminating on the Rainbow' Sydney Star Observer May 2002
'End this evil teaching' The Age 28 July 2000
'In His Name'    'A gay marriage' The Age 12th August 2003
'Could a Gay man be a Saint?'
 (on Father Mychal Judge of NY)
The Age   13th December 2003
AUDIO: MK on Sunday Night Safran (MP3)  This was a sort of 'right of reply' to John Heard's appearance on SBS 'Speaking in Tongues' where David referred to Rainbow Sash.
AUDIO of that interview HERE. (MP3)
 ABC JJJ   5th February 2006
     
By Others : These are NOT the official views of the movement but show areas of concern.
  Title   Medium   Date
  Pell hath no Faggotry
    by Sue-Ann Post
  The Age Newspaper, Melbourne   March, 2000
  Geoff Responds to Tim   Sent via email   January, 2000
  God's Kingdom should be Open to All   The Age Newspaper, Melbourne   27th May, 1999
  Gay People challenge the church   Not Published    9th June, 1998
  Sex and the Church   Not Published    June, 1998
  Recent quotes from Justice Michael Kirby   transcribed from SBS TV documentary 'Outing Gay Hate'  February, 2001
WHY IS THERE DEBATE ON GAY AND LESBIAN ISSUES? by PETER CARNLEY
 
(An excellent, clear accessible article by Peter Carnley, Anglican Primate of Australia.- MK)
  Nick Holloway's RADIO report  -Pentecost 1999 (text and AUDIO)   JOY MELBOURNE  May, 1999.
AUDIO: Geoffrey Baird
(Secretary RSM) interview
by  Patrick Bonello -GAYNET

THE FAMOUS 'DEAR DOCTOR LAURA LETTER. When did Fundamentalists decide which bits of the Bible they were going tot believe?   They say they believe it all?  But do they? Internet
'Of Rainbows and Dinosaurs' by Dr Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli   Speech given at  action at St Pats 31st August 2003
Sexuality and Ministry  by Andrew Hamilton  Eureka Street September 2003
'Treasure in Clay Pots'
The Rt Rev’d Richard Randerson, Dean and Assistant Bishop of Auckland
Speech given at Auckland Synod September 2003
Just what does the Bible say about gays?
We can cherry-pick biblical references to homosexuality, ignoring the message of love, writes Nicholas Kristof. 
The Age    November 1, 2004
HUMAN RIGHTS AND GOOD GOVERNANCE ­ CONJOINED TWINS OR INCOMPATIBLE STRANGERS?
 The Hon Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG

The University of Melbourne Chancellor's Human Rights Lecture 2004 Wednesday 3 November 2004

 

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