Australia: Senator Compares Gay Marriage to Incest

FAMILY First senator Steve Fielding has compared same-sex marriages to incest, as a Senate inquiry yesterday recommended against allowing gay marriage in Australia. A day after the first legally recognised same-sex civil ceremony in Canberra, Senator Fielding spoke out against allowing gay couples to wed. ''A bloke cannot marry his brother; it is not right,'' he said. ''A woman cannot marry their sister; it is not right. A bloke cannot marry a bloke because it is not right, and a female cannot marry a female because it is not right. I don't support this.'' Labor senator Joe Ludwig reiterated the Rudd Government's stance that gay relationships should be recognised across the nation in civil partnership schemes and not with marriage. But Greens leader Bob Brown said the Government was made up of ''undemocratic wowsers'' and ''sad sacks'' who wanted to override the Australian Capital Territory laws allowing gay couples to hold a ceremony to create their legal relationship. Full Story from The Age: http://www.theage.com.au/national/fielding-likens-samesex-marriage-to-incest-20091126-juo3.html

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