MARRIAGE AND FAMILY: Under threat – the roles of motherhood and fatherhood*

A controversial Same-Sex Relationships Bill, designed to afford lesbian de facto partners the same legal status as biological fathers, was passed by the New South Wales Parliament on June 4.On the eve of this vote, Mary-Louise Fowler, NSW president of the Australian Family Association, spoke against the bill at a Dads4kids forum held at Sydney’s Parliament House. An edited version of her speech on the complementarity of the sexes and the importance of gender is reproduced here.State and federal …

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