Letters in the Australian

The ‘marriage’ issue was ‘most talked about’ in the Australian today.

I got a letter in:

PETER Jensen is right. Defining 'white' as 'grey' doesn’t change the way light works, it just brings confusion. In the same way, redefining marriage as anything other than a voluntary union between one man and one woman can only bring confusion, and also pain, as experiments with alternatives show.

Gordon Cheng
Kingsford, NSW

My favourite letter was this one; thoughtful and intelligent:

RECENT experience leads me to affirm Peter Jensen’s call for "spending a lot more time and energy thinking about the moral meaning of marriage between a man and a woman".

Two months ago I married my first couple, and attending the wedding were people from all sorts of backgrounds. After the ceremony, I was struck by the number of people commenting on how revelatory the teaching from the Bible was. One woman who had been married for many years had never realised how prudent the Bible’s teaching is on the relationship between a husband and wife. This wedding confirmed what I already held in principle, that is, sometimes to progress as a society we need to return to basics, and that involves accepting the Bible’s framework for human relationships.

Murray Campbell

Mentone, Vic

Murray’s the minister at Mentone Baptist, and trained at Moore College.

Several other supportive letters too; check the link.