In November Julia Irwin made a speech in the Australian federal Parliament House of Representatives about the Qur'an and the Bible. It contained numerous allegations and inaccurate statements. Dr Mark Durie has analysed her speech and his commentary is included in full below.

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"JOHN Howard has ruled out recognising same-sex marriages, angering gay men and lesbians across the country.

Singer Elton John and Canadian filmmaker David Furnish were among hundreds of same-sex couples to wed in England and Wales this week when Britain followed Canada, Belgium, The Netherlands and Spain, to officially recognise same-sex unions.

Yesterday in Sydney, the Prime Minister said he opposed gay unions and believed marriage could exist only between a man and a woman."

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