In the wake of the Irish referendum in May and the decision of the US Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges, same-sex marriage proponents in Australia have the winds of change at their backs and are ramping up legal and moral pressure on their traditionalist opponents.
Most recently, Australian Marriage Equality national director Rodney Croome has condemned the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Tasmania and its bishop, Julian Porteous, for having sent out copies of the booklet Don’t Mess With Marriage through Catholic schools in Tasmania.
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Rev Peter Kurti is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies
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