Australian archbishop urges calm as same-sex marriage moves forward
December 12, 2017
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CWN Editor's Note: Archbishop Mark Coleridge of Brisbane, Australia, has said that there is a “need not for paranoia or panic but for clear-eyed vigilance” as lawmakers prepare legislation to grant legal recognition for same-sex marriage. The archbishop cautions: “The newly constructed right of same-sex couples to marry must not be set against long-recognized rights to religious freedom which are fundamental to the health of society.”
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