Anglican Church’s Peter Catt backs civil same sex unions at Queensland Parliamentary Hearing

Posted by Kendall Harmon

The Anglican Church of Australia's Very Reverend Peter Catt says a same-sex marriage Bill would not deny or denigrate the legitimacy of marriage.

Addressing the parliamentary hearing on same-sex marriage on behalf of the church's social responsibilities committee, Dr Catt said civil unions instead extended the liberties of same or opposite-sex couples.

"I really don't see that this impinges on marriage at all," he said.

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