Talk:Phillip Aspinall

Views on Same-sex Marriage
I think I found a RS about his views on same-sex marriage: "In a letter to a member of Australian Marriage Equality Archbishop Aspinall confirms that the Anglican Church continues to believe marriage is the union of a man and a woman. (Letter attached)/ But he also says the Marriage Act already contains religious protections that will continue if one of the three Bills before parliament becomes law./ Archbishops Aspinall stated: “I am advised that the Marriage Act 1961, as it stands, contains adequate protection for religious freedom. In particular, section 47 of the Act provides that a minister of religion is not obliged to solemnize any marriage, and the amendments proposed in the three Bills now before Parliament do not affect this protection.”/ The Archbishop also condemned some of the language used against supporters of marriage equality, and joined Australian Marriage Equality in calls for a respectful debate:/ “I am concerned to promote respectful dialogue among people of diverse views, and I would, of course, eschew any defamatory comments made against supporters of same-sex marriage.” The Most Re’d Dr Phillip Aspinall stated." In a letter to a member of Australian Marriage Equality Archbishop Aspinall confirms that the Anglican Church continues to believe marriage is the union of a man and a woman. (Letter attached)Mistico (talk) 15:16, 8 August 2013 (UTC)