Gay activists launch all-out campaign to stop Australian Christian conference

Oct 23, 2014  – Faith, Freedom, Homosexuality – Andrew Smith, Australian correspondent

CANBERRA – Gay activists in Australia have launched a furious campaign to convince Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten to pull out of speaking at the Australian Christian Lobby‘s national conference this weekend, and to pressure the hotel hosting the event to cancel.

While gay activists had previously achieved notable success in convincing politicians to withdraw from the World Congress of Families event in Melbourne in August, this case has a twist, in that Shorten himself personally supports gay “marriage,” and is so far refusing to back down.

A spokesman for the Australian Christian Lobby, which is a leading force in the country against redefining marriage, told LifeSiteNews that organizers of the conference are aware of Shorten’s position, but that rather than go the path of shutting down public discussion on an issue, the ACL’s position is to have open debate in the public space.

But despite the opposition leader’s support for their cause, gay activists deluged his office with about 100 phone calls in a single day, asking him to pull out of speaking at the conference, while he has also received continued pressure in the homosexual media.

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Hillsong’s Brian Houston on Gay Marriage: ‘I Believe the Writings of Paul Are Clear on This Subject’

By Nicola Menzie , Christian Post Reporter – October 18, 2014

Hillsong Church pastor Brian Houston has issued a statement specifying his position on marriage and homosexuality after a news outlet reported that he “won’t take (a) public position on LGBT issues.”

The news report came after Houston brought up the topics of homosexuality and same-sex marriage at a press conference held on Thursday with New York City media, on the occasion of Hillsong Conference being held at Madison Square Garden.

“I encourage people not to assume a media headline accurately represents what I said at a recent press conference,” Houston says in a statement emailed to The Christian Post on Saturday.

“Nowhere in my answer did I diminish biblical truth or suggest that I or Hillsong Church supported gay marriage,” he adds. “I challenge people to read what I actually said, rather than what was reported that I said. My personal view on the subject of homosexuality would line up with most traditionally held Christian views. I believe the writings of Paul are clear on this subject.”

(Photo: The Christian Post/Scott Liu)

Pastors Brian Houston and Bobbie Houston of Hillsong Church appear at a press conference on Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, at The Eventi Hotel in New York City. The press conference came on the occasion of the Hillsong Conference being held at Madison Square Garden from Oct. 16-18 in NYC.

The question that resulted in Houston’s remarks on homosexuality centered on how his church tries to remain relevant. In his response, the Hillsong pastor offered homosexual marriage as an issue that is a challenge for some churches. Traditional Christian teachings define marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

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Very successful RUAP Campaign Meetings in Frankston, Victoria & Melbourne Western Suburbs with lots of media

Dear friends, The campaign meetings held in Frankston, Victoria last Saturday the 20th September and in the Melbourne Western Suburbs on Sunday 21st September were a great success. Around 80…

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Daniel Nalliah on 3AW (693 News Talk Radio) at 4.30pm today / RUAP Victorian Campaign in full force in Bendigo, Sale, Hallam, Clayton, Geelong, Frankston & Melbourne Western Suburbs

Dear friends & family in Christ,

1) Ps Daniel will be interviewed by Tom Elliott on 3AW (693 News Talk Radio) at 4.30pm today Thursday 18th September.

 You may also listen to the podcast at http://www.3aw.com.au/3AWDrivewithTomElliott

2) The RUAP Victorian campaign is in full force with meetings recently held in several locations and very good media coverage. In the past week RUAP National President and Lord Christopher Monckton (Adviser to Former PM Margret Thatcher of the UK) addressed meetings in Bendigo, Sale, Hallam, Clayton, St Kilda & Geelong.

They will be also speaking at meetings in Frankston and Western Suburbs of Melbourne this weekend.

People at these meetings were greatly challenged to Rise Up and take a stand for Australia. There were people from all walks of life, but all agreed that it is time to Keep Australia Australian.

http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/2556052/moncktons-views-arrive-in-bendigo/

http://www.gippslandtimes.com.au/story/2568200/controversial-climate-change-denier-not-retreating/?cs=1450

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PATRIOTIC WINDS OF CHANGE – RISE UP AUSTRALIA PARTY VIC CAMPAIGN LAUNCHES AT ST. KILDA TOWN HALL

Dear friends,

The State Campaign for Rise Up Australia Party got off to an exciting, lively, inspiring start in the middle of cosmopolitan inner Melbourne around noon today, attended by a hundred twenty supporters and several media outlets.

Speakers, in order, were Senate Candidate Rosalie Crestani, RUAP President Daniel Nalliah and renowned international advocate for real science and the truth, Christopher Lord Monckton.

Rise Up Australia Party’s clear mandate is for future generations of Victorians [& Australians] to be given “A FAIR GO”!

What better place to start than with Lord Monckton’s more than British perspective?

His speech [and superb comic asides] initially borrowed from Jefferson’s contribution to the American Declaration of Independence.

LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS…

This unrivalled scientific expositor, explainer and exposer of all things evil and Agenda 21, posed two confronting questions. Who has been shown the evidence through their mainstream media outlets, of significant non-Global warming in the last quarter of a century, despite all the bad news gloom-sayers?

Secondly, who in the room, of nearly 120, did not want to be truly loved?

NO takers. The empirical link between fatherlessness and early childhood rejection was made between increasing depression, escalating youth suicide and violence across the board.

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More media reports from the World Congress of Families Conference organised by Endeavour Forum and held at CTFM in Melbourne

Dear friends & family in Christ, Further to the report we sent over the weekend about The World Congress of Families organised by Endeavour Forum and held at Catch The…

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DIE HARDS ..AND KILL HARDS…..TRY TO SPOIL WORLD CONGRESS MAJOR POLLIES ABSTAIN… SAVE…. RISE UP AUSTRALIA PARTY’s DANIEL NALLIAH, and FRED NILE

Dear friends & family in Christ,

You may click the following links to read various media reports about The World Congress of Families organised by Endeavour Forum and held at Catch The Fire Ministries Centre in Hallam (Melbourne) on Saturday 30th August.

https://au.news.yahoo.com/a/24855189/world-congress-of-families-controversial-conference-begins-at-catch-the-fire-ministries-amid-protests-in-melbourne/

http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/protesters-target-world-congress-of-families-conference-in-melbourne/story-fnj4aog3-1227042214800

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/aug/30/protesters-block-entry-world-congress-families-starts-chaos

http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/protester-storms-stage-at-controversial-world-congress-of-families-conference-20140830-10actf.html

http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/protesters-target-world-congress-of-families-conference-in-melbourne/story-fni0fit3-1227042157115

All of the major TV media outlets should also broadcast on this evening’s news as there were also present and personally interviewed Pr Daniel.

We’ll send you a more detailed report early next week with more media reports and photos.

Following is a report from Rise Up Australia Party.

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Thousands From Singapore Megachurch Counter LGBT Day by Wearing White

By Morgan Lee , Christian Post Reporter – July 1, 2014|

FCBC Senior Pastor Lawrence Khong called upon those in attendance to “preserve purity in the home,” and said that while he had relationships with members of the LGBT community, he believed that the church could not bend on its definition of marriage as between a man and a woman.

“We are not pushing a religious issue on our nation; we are standing here on a social and moral issue,” he said. “Today, we wear white not because we want to preach to people, but [because] we want to share with them that we stand on the same moral ground that is healthy for our nation.”

Khong insisted that his values were in line with those of the government’s and stated that he was “confounded” by some who criticized FCBC as “confrontational,” when Pink Dot was “a value generally not acceptable in our land.”

“We, as Singaporeans, have the right to decide what kind of Singapore we want it to be,” he said.

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10 Ways to Set Your Kid Up for Failure

6/18/2014 Tricia Goyer – Spirit-Led Woman

There are all types of lists for parents. If you want a list to ruin your kids forever, here’s a list for you.

1. Give your kid everything he wants. Don’t deny what will truly make him happy. Overvalue money and things in his eyes.

2. Dress your child in designer clothes, no matter the cost. Show her that her outward appearance matters most of all.

3. Place your child’s needs over that of your spouse’s. If he cries, run to him immediately. If he interrupts, give him your full attention.

4. Entertain your child throughout the day. If she wants to play tea then put your plans aside. If she wants to watch her favorite movie for the 100th time then forget your idea for going for a walk and getting some sunshine.

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What Does Jesus Really Think About Same-Sex Marriage

 4/30/2014 Jared Moore

One argument in favor of gay marriage made by professed Christians and unbelievers is “Jesus didn’t say anything about homosexuality.” Is this statement true? Yes and no.

It’s true that we have no record of Jesus specifically mentioning homosexuality during His earthly ministry, but He didn’t mention bestiality or molesting children either. Does this “argument from silence” (a logical fallacy) prove that Jesus was OK with these things? Of course not.

We do know, however, that Jesus affirmed marriage as between one man and one woman in a one-flesh relationship for life by appealing to creation. (Of course, Jesus is God the Son incarnate. He affirms the entire Old Testament. Yet even if I grant that Jesus’ words, the red letters, during His earthly ministry are more authoritative than the rest of Scripture, the argument still fails.) He essentially said, “It’s Adam and Eve, and not any other definition.” Thus, Jesus rejected every other so-called definition of marriage beyond what was given in Genesis 1:27 and 2:23-24.

In Mark 10:2-9, we read, “And Pharisees came up and in order to test him asked, ‘Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife?’ He answered them, ‘What did Moses command you?’ They said, ‘Moses allowed a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.’ And Jesus said to them, ‘Because of your hardness of heart he wrote you this commandment. But from the beginning of creation, “God made them male and female.” “Therefore a man shall leave his father and mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.” So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate’” (ESV).

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RUAP in the Loddon Times Newspaper

Dear friends & family in Christ, You may click the following link to read an excellent article about RUAP that recently appeared in the Loddon Times in Country Victoria. http://riseupaustraliaparty.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/RUAP-in-Loddon-Times-Newspaper.pdf…

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RUAP National President Daniel Nalliah in The Australian Women’s Weekly / Peter Kentley at CTFM Hallam this Sunday morning 13th July / Webcast with Pr Daniel this Sunday evening 13th July

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OUGHT TO BE STRIPPED OF THEIR LEGAL STATUS

SOURCE: Christian Institute

Christian weddings should be stripped of their legal status, a justice minister has said.

Liberal Democrat Simon Hughes proposes that only secular, state-recognized ceremonies should have legal recognition in the U.K., a system adopted in France.

In practice, his proposals would mean that in order for a Christian couple to have their marriage recognized, they would need to have a secular ceremony in addition to a church wedding.

The French system is based on laïcité—a concept that separates state and religion—and Hughes says marriages on the British side of the channel should be subjected to the same principles.

Speaking at the Liberal Democrat spring conference, he said, “We should do what the Belgians do and the French do.

“It can be done even in the same building on the same day, but you would have a ceremony by which the state recognizes the marriage, the wedding, and then the faith community has the ceremony which gives that the authority.”

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Church of England Plunged Into Fresh Crisis After Homosexual Clergyman Becomes First to Marry In Defiance of Archbishop of Canterbury

Canon Jeremy Pemberton tied the knot with Laurence Cunnington, a move that may well cause his removal from the churchApril 13, 2014 – DailyMail – Jonathan Petre

Canon Jeremy Pemberton tied the knot with Laurence Cunnington, a move that may well cause his removal from the church

A senior Church of England clergyman yesterday became the first to enter into a gay marriage – in direct defiance of the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby – plunging the Church into a fresh crisis.

Canon Jeremy Pemberton tied the knot with Laurence Cunnington under new laws allowing same-sex marriages pushed through by David Cameron in the face of bitter opposition from backbench MPs and the Church.

But Canon Pemberton, 58, now faces disciplinary action from the Church and could be expelled from his work as a priest because the House of Bishops has barred clergy from entering such unions, saying they undermine its traditional teaching that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

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Australia: Muslim who married 13-year-old girl has bail refused over child sex charges

Australia Muslim who married 13-year-old girl has bail refused over child sex chargesRobert Spencer Feb 7, 2014 – www.jihadwatch.org

Despite the abundant attestation for child marriage in Islamic law, most non-Muslims remain completely ignorant of it, because Islamic apologists in the West routinely deny that it exists, insisting that Aisha was 18 when Muhammad married her, and claiming that the incidence of child marriage in Muslim countries is due solely to cultural factors (they hope you don’t notice that those cultures are Islamic).

Those who point out that child marriage will come West with Muslim immigrants receive in response only ridicule and scorn as “bigots” and “Islamophobes.” But note that this story is from Australia, not Yemen or Iran or Saudi Arabia. And while Ahmad Chamma has been prosecuted, watch for pressure to amount to lower the legal marriage age, on the grounds of “multiculturalism” and “tolerance.”

Few things are more abundantly attested in Islamic law than the permissibility of child marriage. Islamic tradition records that Muhammad’s favorite wife, Aisha, was six when Muhammad wedded her and nine when he consummated the marriage:

“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)” (Bukhari 7.62.88).

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