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Head of Christian Group Warns Same-Sex Marriage Just Like 'Unthinkable' Atrocities of Nazi Germany
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/davidbadash/head_of_christian_group_warns_same_sex_marriage_just_like_unthinkable_atrocities_of_nazi_germanyThe head of an influential anti-gay Christian group in Australia has just equated same-sex marriage and a safe schools anti-bullying program to the atrocities of Hitler's Nazi Germany. Australia is currently embroiled in a national battle to extend marriage to same-sex couples, something a strong majority of citizens there support.
But as in America and around the world, anti-gay activists under the cloak of Christianity are working to thwart same-sex marriage. Falsely seeing their mission as one Jesus would support, they are using increasingly offensive tactics to try to defeat equality.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports the "Australian Christian Lobby has compared same-sex marriage and the Safe Schools program to the Holocaust, dubbing them all 'unthinkable things' that happened because societies lacked strong moral guardians."
In a blog post, Australian Christian Lobby head Lyle Shelton noted he had been reading an obituary of Fritz Stern, a academic who studied Hitler's rise to power, and saw a "parallel" to the growing support for same-sex marriage.
But as in America and around the world, anti-gay activists under the cloak of Christianity are working to thwart same-sex marriage. Falsely seeing their mission as one Jesus would support, they are using increasingly offensive tactics to try to defeat equality.
The Sydney Morning Herald reports the "Australian Christian Lobby has compared same-sex marriage and the Safe Schools program to the Holocaust, dubbing them all 'unthinkable things' that happened because societies lacked strong moral guardians."
In a blog post, Australian Christian Lobby head Lyle Shelton noted he had been reading an obituary of Fritz Stern, a academic who studied Hitler's rise to power, and saw a "parallel" to the growing support for same-sex marriage.
