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On 19 September 2012, Australia’s House of Representatives voted against a bill to introduce same-sex marriage.<ref name="SSMBillDefeat1a">{{Citation | title = Christian Lobby welcomes gay vote defeat | publisher = Herald Sun |date = 19 September 2012 | url = http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/christian-lobby-welcomes-gay-vote-defeat/story-e6frf7kf-1226477342475 | accessdate =1 October 2012 }}</ref><ref name="SSMBillDefeat1b">{{Citation | title = Gay marriage bill defeated | publisher = Brisbane Times |date = 19 September 2012 | url = http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/gay-marriage-bill-defeated-20120919-266a8.html | accessdate =1 October 2012 }}</ref> A second Bill was defeated later that month in the federal senate,<ref name="SSMBillDefeat2a">{{Citation | title = Australia votes against redefining marriage | publisher = The Christian Institute |date = 20 September 2012 | url = http://www.christian.org.uk/news/australia-votes-against-redefining-marriage/ | accessdate =1 October 2012 }}</ref> with a third bill defeated in the Tasmanian Parliament a week later.<ref name="SSMBillDefeat3">{{Citation | title = MPs vow new gay unions bid | publisher = The Mercury |date = 29 September 2012 | url = http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/09/29/362845_tasmania-news.html | accessdate =1 October 2012 }}</ref> |
On 19 September 2012, Australia’s House of Representatives voted against a bill to introduce same-sex marriage.<ref name="SSMBillDefeat1a">{{Citation | title = Christian Lobby welcomes gay vote defeat | publisher = Herald Sun |date = 19 September 2012 | url = http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/breaking-news/christian-lobby-welcomes-gay-vote-defeat/story-e6frf7kf-1226477342475 | accessdate =1 October 2012 }}</ref><ref name="SSMBillDefeat1b">{{Citation | title = Gay marriage bill defeated | publisher = Brisbane Times |date = 19 September 2012 | url = http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/national/gay-marriage-bill-defeated-20120919-266a8.html | accessdate =1 October 2012 }}</ref> A second Bill was defeated later that month in the federal senate,<ref name="SSMBillDefeat2a">{{Citation | title = Australia votes against redefining marriage | publisher = The Christian Institute |date = 20 September 2012 | url = http://www.christian.org.uk/news/australia-votes-against-redefining-marriage/ | accessdate =1 October 2012 }}</ref> with a third bill defeated in the Tasmanian Parliament a week later.<ref name="SSMBillDefeat3">{{Citation | title = MPs vow new gay unions bid | publisher = The Mercury |date = 29 September 2012 | url = http://www.themercury.com.au/article/2012/09/29/362845_tasmania-news.html | accessdate =1 October 2012 }}</ref> |
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The ACL responded to the court decision by calling for governments to repeal laws which allow single people or same-sex couples to "acquire babies" by surrogacy. In a statement, Wallace said "Babies should not be created to satisfy the lifestyle choices of singles and same-sex couples" and further that "This selfish gay agenda knows no reasonable limits and it is time that political leaders began imposing limits on them to protect the most fundamental rights of children to a mother and a father."<ref name=Bulletin-060112 /> The ACL has lobbied to have biological details included on birth certificates, on the grounds that removing these details could be damaging to children and their biological parents.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/b2cfb07913cc7febca2579a500102ccd/$FILE/submission%2026.pdf | title = Inquiry into inclusion of donor details on the register of births | date=17 February 2012 |publisher= NSW Parliament |accessdate=1 March 2012}}</ref> |
The ACL responded to the court decision by calling for governments to repeal laws which allow single people or same-sex couples to "acquire babies" by surrogacy. In a statement, Wallace said "Babies should not be created to satisfy the lifestyle choices of singles and same-sex couples" and further that "This selfish gay agenda knows no reasonable limits and it is time that political leaders began imposing limits on them to protect the most fundamental rights of children to a mother and a father."<ref name=Bulletin-060112 /> The ACL has lobbied to have biological details included on birth certificates, on the grounds that removing these details could be damaging to children and their biological parents.<ref>{{cite web | url= http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/b2cfb07913cc7febca2579a500102ccd/$FILE/submission%2026.pdf | title = Inquiry into inclusion of donor details on the register of births | date=17 February 2012 |publisher= NSW Parliament |accessdate=1 March 2012}}</ref> |
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Founded | 1995 |
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Registration no. | 40 075 120 517[1] (ABN) |
Location |
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Area served | Australia |
Key people | Chairman, Tony McLellan Managing Director, Jim Wallace AM Chief of Staff, Lyle Shelton |
Website | www.acl.org.au |
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) is a political organisation based in Canberra, which works in six different states and territories inside the country. The organization was Founded in 1995 as the Australian Christian Coalition by John Gagliardi and changed its name to the Australian Christian Lobby in March 2001.[2] The ACL is politically active in Australia active as a socially conservative lobbying organization. They has been involved in several controversies, including opposition to LGBTI rights such as same-sex marriage and LGBTI adoption and parenting, and censorship.
History
The Australian Christian Coalition (ACC) was founded in 1995 by John Gagliardi, a lay leader of a large Pentecostal church in Brisbane. Gagliardi had held journalistic positions as editor of the Townsville Bulletin and as anchorman for the Channel 10 news.[3] Co-founders were John McNicoll, a retired Baptist Minister turned lobbyist in Canberra, and John Miller. Miller worked with a number of community and government organisations and held leadership positions within his independent, community-based church.
The organisation changed its name to the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) in March 2001.[1] According to the ACL's website, "The vision of the Australian Christian Lobby is to see Christian principles and ethics accepted and influencing the way we are governed, do business and relate to each other as a community. The ACL aims to foster a more compassionate, just and moral society by seeking to have the positive public contributions of the Christian faith reflected in the political life of the nation."[4] ABC described the ACL as “a conservative Christian lobby group providing Biblical solutions for social issues”.[5] The ACL has been described by writer Chrys Stevenson as "extremist Christians" and "dominionists",[6] distinctions which the ACL deny and have countered.[7][8]
The ACL is an Australian Public Company, Limited By Guarantee [9] and files political expenditure returns with Australian Electoral Commission (AEC).[10] They publish magazines such as Viewpoint, which they provide to Australian parliamentarians at no charge.[11] They also periodically issue media releases[12] and communicate with supporters via email newsletters.[13]
Lobbying efforts
The ACL promotes its socially conservative objectives through lobbying and public outreach. The organisation is actively involved in influencing public policy in Australia on a range of social issues.
Prior to the Australian 2007 federal election, the ACL hosted a "Make it Count" event with Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd speaking, each in turn, about their positions on a range of issues affecting Christians,[14] and again on 21 June 2010, with Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Christian leaders of 20 denominations attended the events.[15] Days later, when Julia Gillard became the Australian Prime Minister, she was asked the same set of questions.[16]
Gillard has met with church leaders on at least one occasion since, in meetings organised by the ACL,.[17][18] but in 2012 she pulled out of her planned appearance at the ACL national conference after Jim Wallace made remarks that homosexuality was more hazardous to health than smoking. Gillard called the comments "heartless", "wrong" and "totally unacceptable".[19] Former attorney-general Robert McClelland addressed the ACL's national conference following Gillard's decision not to attend,[20] defending the work of the ACL and describing Jim Wallace as a "fair-minded man".[21] The Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, Peter Jensen in backing Jim Wallace's comments has said Mr Wallace had, "given us an opportunity to talk about something significant, namely the question of health risk".[22]
Prior to state government elections, the ACL also hosts "Make it Count" events giving the major party leaders an opportunity to provide information on their vision for the state and how they propose to engage with the Christian constituency. Church leaders and others in the audience can also ask questions. State-based "Make it Count" events have been held in NSW,[23] Victoria,[24] Queensland,[25] Western Australia,[26] Tasmania,[27] Northern Territory[28] and the Australian Capital Territory.[29] These events are usually webcast to a wider audience. For both federal and state elections, the ACL also holds "Meet Your Candidate" forums, primarily in marginal seats, to give voters the opportunity to meet and question the people who are seeking their vote.[30]
Issues relating to family
In September 2011, during Child Protection Week, ACL released a report, For Kids’ Sake, in response to increasing levels of abuse, neglect and self-harm related to children, which the ACL state sliding marriage rates are partly to blame.[31]
ACL actively oppose various political moves to recognize specific LGBTI rights in Australia, particularly those regarding same-sex marriage, LGBTI adoption and parenting, and have campaigned for the rights of church owned schools to be able to legally discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation.[32] ACL support rights for LGBTI people including access for same-sex couples to Medicare, inheritances, superannuation benefits and social security income support.[33] Former attorney-general Robert McClelland has said protesters would not have recognised that the ACL had supported amendments to 84 pieces of commonwealth legislation that removed discrimination against same-sex couples.[20]
A study in June 2012 found the ACL raises LGBTI issues almost five times more than any other issue,[34] and described the ACL's campaign against gay rights as "relentless" and "disproportionate".[34] Other Christian leaders have stated the ACL's campaigning against gay rights does not represent the stance of all Christians, and several Christian Churches have stated they are frustrated and concerned about the ACL's actions on the issue.[34][35] Greens MP Colleen Hartland has stated "I would think [the ACL's] hatred of gays is un-Christian."[36] The ACL have been accused of trying to mislead the public into thinking the majority of Australians are against gay marriage, when polls at the time actually stated the majority were in favour of it.[37]
Jim Wallace has stated that the claim that there is any discrimination against homosexual couples is a "myth",[38] and the ACL has criticised the government for working with a gay advisory body to assist its decision making as "disgraceful and pandering to a minority".[36]
Same-sex marriage
The ACL have stated that legalising gay marriage would result in religious ministers "being forced to conduct same-sex weddings against their conscience". A critic has described this statement as "a ridiculous lie", on the grounds that the bill in favour of legalising gay marriage at the time explicitly stated that would not be the case.[39] The ACL has stated that if gay marriage rights were granted, the next push will be for marriage to include polygamous relationships.[40] Gay marriage campaigners pointed out that polygamous marriage is not legal in any country that has legalised gay marriage.[41] The ACL cite the hiding of genetic parental information to children as a reason to prevent gay marriage and gay adoption.[42] A spokesperson from Queensland Churches Together has stated that whilst the ACL likes to think they represent all Christians, they do not "by any stretch of the imagination".[34]
The ACL were involved in two petitions against gay marriage in 2011. The first was organised by church groups and collated by the ACL, and contained 52,300 signatures when it was presented to the senate in August.[43] At the same time GetUp!s counter-petition had 55,000 signatures supporting same-sex marriage.[43] By 2 December GetUp!s petition had increased to 140,285 signatures.[44] The second petition against gay marriage was jointly launched in October by the ACL and the Australian Family Association. Over a six-week period 100,586[45] people signed up.[46]
The ACL was involved in the National Marriage Day rally in 2011. Conflicting sources report the ACL as either a co-founder of the rally[47][48] or just a supporter.[49] The ACL's Jim Wallace told those who attended that there was, "a need to end the pejorative language framing this debate."[49] Guest speakers at the rally stated gay marriage should be "laughed at and ridiculed" and associated gay marriage with paedophilia.[47][50] Regarding the comments made at the rally mental health psychologist Paul Martin stated "Prejudice and ridicule damage the mental health of young same-sex attracted people and the last thing they need to hear are these kinds of offensive comments from people who purport to represent 'family values'.[47]
A document endorsing marriage between a man and a woman was prepared by the Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian Churches, under the auspices of the Committee for the Preservation of Marriage, of which the ACL is a member. The document was endorsed by 50 of the national denominational church leaders from the Anglican, Catholic, Christian Reformed Churches of Australia, Lutheran, Orthodox, Pentecostal, Presbyterian, Salvation Army, Seventh Day Adventist Church and Uniting Church. The document, which was circulated to politicians, stated that "the preservation of the unique meaning of marriage is therefore not of special or limited interest, but serves the common good, particularly the good of children".[51]
On 19 September 2012, Australia’s House of Representatives voted against a bill to introduce same-sex marriage.[52][53] A second Bill was defeated later that month in the federal senate,[54] with a third bill defeated in the Tasmanian Parliament a week later.[55]
Polygamy
Polygamy is "practised informally" within Australia. The Greens faced a backlash from polyamorists when they ruled out supporting legislation to allow multiple marriages. ACL, "has declared the Greens to be hypocrites because the logic they use to argue for marriage equality should extend to people who have multiple partners".[56]
Surrogacy
In May 2012, a judgement by the NSW Supreme Court ruled that two men are the legal parents of baby born via surrogacy, after the birth mother agreed to relinquish her recognition on the birth certificate. Legal experts expected more applications for parentage transfers based on the decision by Justice Paul Brereton.[57][58]
The ACL responded to the court decision by calling for governments to repeal laws which allow single people or same-sex couples to "acquire babies" by surrogacy. In a statement, Wallace said "Babies should not be created to satisfy the lifestyle choices of singles and same-sex couples" and further that "This selfish gay agenda knows no reasonable limits and it is time that political leaders began imposing limits on them to protect the most fundamental rights of children to a mother and a father."[57] The ACL has lobbied to have biological details included on birth certificates, on the grounds that removing these details could be damaging to children and their biological parents.[59]
Issues relating to poverty and justice
ACL Chief of Staff Lyle Shelton has stated that poker machines are "causing incredible hardship to children and to families right across this nation and needs to be tackled".[60] In an effort to minimise harm associated with poker machines, the ACL has supported a trial for mandatory pre-commitment scheme.[61] The ACL has worked with GetUp!, the Salvation Army and the Churches Gambling Taskforce to establish the Stop The Loss Coalition which has launched TV and radio commercials designed to assist in, "say(ing) 'no more' to the $12 billion pokies industry and the dreadful harm they inflict on hundreds of thousand of Australians".[62]
ACL has worked with Micah Challenge to Make Poverty History and to achieve the Millennium Development Goals on halving global poverty by 2012.[63] In May 2012, Jim Wallace, said: "That we have both major parties abandoning their commitment to the world's poorest is a sad commentary on the level of both integrity and compassion in a Parliament Australians are increasingly losing confidence in."[64]
The ACL has called on the federal government to pressure Egypt to protect religious minorities such as the Copts.[65]
ACL has asked that the ACT government's proposed religious vilification bill be shelved or abandoned, claiming the legislation will undermine freedom of speech and lead to drawn out legal battles.[66]
Issues relating to youth and education
ACL has established a training program for young people with the target group being 18 to 26 years. The Compass program was a "joint-initiative between ACL and the Compass foundation, which is based in New Zealand”. The program includes mentoring and coaching.[67] ACL has provided input into the formulation of the proposed Australian National Curriculum.[68] ACL lobbied against proposal to replace the terms Before Christ (BC) and Anno Domini (AD) with Before the Common Era (BCE) and Common Era (CE).[69] The Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority later stated they would change the explanatory material to specify the BC and AD should still be taught (a move that the ACL applauded) as well as CE and BCE.[70]
In response to a reversal in direction of the federal government in relation to a promised policy for school chaplains, Jim Wallace said that "It’s not that schools shouldn't have secular student welfare workers but this should not have come from the pool of money promised to the National School Chaplaincy Program during the 2010 election campaign."[71]
In January 2012 the ACL criticised Cineplex Australia for displaying a live uncensored Twitter feed on its website, after comments which included swearing and jokes about bestiality appeared in the feed. Cineplex Australia subsequently removed the live feed, acknowledging "It shouldn't be on there."[72]
The ACL constantly lobbied against efforts to introduce an R18+ classification for video games.[73] They wanted the video game Sniper Elite V2 banned in Australia, describing the game as "sick".[74]
The video gaming community is extremely critical of the ACL's stance against R18+ video games.[75] Jeremy Ray, a video game reviewer who is Christian, has criticised the ACL's position on video games and accused the ACL of giving Christians a bad name over the issue.[76] Nathan Cambell, a Christian and student at Queensland Theological College wrote an open letter to Jim Wallace in response to his comments which noted Anders Behring Breivik's use of a computer game for training. Cambell accused Jim Wallace of trying to capitalise on the tragedy for political gain, and criticised Wallace's decision to condemn a video game rather than the perpetrator who identified himself as a Christian.[77] A commentator stated that the fact the Catholic Church was in favour of introducing R18+ video games and the ACL was not proved "once and for all" that the ACL do not represent all people of Christian faith.[78] The government announced in June 2012 that an R18+ category for video games would be introduced on 1 January 2013, "bringing Australia into line with the rest of the world".[79] The ACL is now lobbying for the R18+ classification, which is still having its standards determined, to allow no more sex and violence than the current MA15+ classification.[79]
The ACL was one of the primary supporters of Senator Stephen Conroy's proposed mandatory nternet blacklist.[80] The ACL sought to extend the blacklist to filter all pornographic materials and not just materials which are considered inappropriate for children (the original reason for the blacklist's creation). An Australian citizen who wants to download pornographic material via the internet would then have to request that their internet service provider unblock the filter.[81] One day prior to the government announcement of a delay to the implementation of the internet filter scheme, the ACL was briefed leading to some criticism of their "disproportionate influence" on the filtering policy.[82] In November 2012, after years of debate, the federal government formally abandoned its attempts to introduce the internet filter, a move that disappointed the ACL.[83]
Issues relating to life
The ACL is pro-life and has lobbied for the repeal of legislation that sanctions abortion on demand. ACL has sponsored Gianna Jessen, an 'abortion survivor' to come to Australia to talk about her experiences and to lobby federal politicians ahead of a Senate debate on late-term abortions.[84]
The ACL lobbies against moves to legalise euthanasia by various territory, state and federal jurisdictions.[85] ACL claims the cheapening of human life by the promotion of suicide options, could lead to dangerous scenarios where healthy people could end their lives for comparatively trivial reasons such as a relationship break up.[86]
The ACL lobbies against prostitution[87] and has stated that some legal Australian brothels have ties to human trafficking and sex slavery.[88] ACL's concerns regarding current arrangements were outlined in a submission to the ACT Legislative Assembly - Standing Committee on Justice and Community Safety.[89]
Controversy and criticism
Anzac Day 2011
The ACL attracted controversy after Jim Wallace tweeted on Anzac Day in 2011: "Just hope that as we remember servicemen and women today we remember the Australia they fought for – wasn't gay marriage and Islamic!"[73][90] Wallace's comments were condemned by members of the public,[91] as well as other Christian leaders.[92] In response to the comments a group of Australian Christians started an online petition stating that the ACL does not represent their views. The petition was signed by over 250 people in its first 24 hours.[93] Wallace later deleted his comment[94] and apologised for its "ill timed" nature, but stood by the sentiment he expressed in the comment.[90]
Adshel advertisements
In May 2011 the advertising agency Adshel pulled a series of billboards from circulation in Brisbane following what has been described as a coordinated campaign from the ACL.[95] The advertisements, which were encouraging safe sex, featured a fully clothed, hugging gay couple holding an unopened condom packet. Adshel's CEO stated they removed the billboards after receiving around 30 complaints and that "None of the complaints indicated any liaison with the Australian Christian Lobby, so Adshel was made to believe that they originated from individual members of the public". The billboards were reinstated following counter-protests of their removal and revelations that the ACL was responsible for the campaign. When the ACL was accused of homophobia, an ACL representative publicly stated their complaints had nothing to do with homosexuality and that they opposed "the sexual nature of the ads". However several of the individual complaints to Adshel suggested the ads would "encourage homosexuality".[96] The ACL expressed concern about cyberbullying of one of its staff members following the controversy.[97]
Both major political parties voiced support for the ads. State treasurer Andrew Fraser said complaints about the ad were homophobic[98] and Healthy Communities executive director Paul Martin accused the ACL of trying to have gay people "erased from the public sphere".[99] Over 80,000 people joined a Facebook group supporting the ads following the ACL's actions.[98][100] The ACL's actions backfired further with several advertising agencies deciding to run the ads free of charge.[101]
In September 2011, Jim Wallace stated that online polls in favour of gay marriage could not be trusted as individual gay rights supporters were voting multiple times. Journalist Geoff Lemon accused Wallace of hypocrisy regarding this statement, noting the ACL had previously encouraged their supporters to send complaints to Adshel that did not mention any liaison with the ACL, so it would appear that the complaints were coming from individual members of the public.[37]
Nazi inferences
On 9 June 2012, Jim Wallace appeared in a debate on Channel 7's Sunrise program. Sunrise displayed a number of prominent - SUPPORT MARRIAGE EQUALITY, I DO - banners. Jim Wallace, during the debate said, "I think that this whole campaign would do great credit to Joseph Goebbels". "Let me explain . . ". The Sunrise presenters stopped Jim Wallace from explaining. Wallace was able to say, "You have changed the rules". "I am accusing Seven and Sunrise of getting into this campaign, as a foreign affairs and news show, as an activist and I think that is quite wrong".[102][103] Jim Wallace was criticised by members of the Jewish and gay communities who said, “It was highly offensive to both Jews and Gays to introduce to this issue a Nazi propogandist."[104][105]
In July 2011, a person described marriage-equality advocates as, "feeding propaganda" and as “Gestapo”. Jim Wallace supported the comments. He suggested these advocates, "visit the museum in Nuremberg and see how important it is that these deplorable tactics be opposed.”[106] Jim Wallace was criticised by members of the Jewish and gay communities who said, "This kind of language is unacceptable in 21st century Australia. Those who glibly throw around such comparisons diminish the crimes committed by the Nazis and attempt to demonise the GLBT community."[107][108][109]
See also
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