{"id":8237,"date":"2011-08-04T17:55:30","date_gmt":"2011-08-04T06:55:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/?p=8237"},"modified":"2011-09-22T17:28:28","modified_gmt":"2011-09-22T06:28:28","slug":"definition-of-marriage-letter-responses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2011\/08\/04\/definition-of-marriage-letter-responses\/","title":{"rendered":"Synod Motion: Definition of Marriage &amp; MP&#8217;s Replies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Definition of Marriage&#8221; &#8211; Responses to\u00a0the letter I sent to several federal politicians regarding the Synod of the Anglican Church of\u00a0 Tasmania\u2019s resolution regarding the definition of marriage:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<address>Dear &#8230;. ,<\/address>\n<address><strong>Definition of Marriage <\/strong><\/address>\n<address>I write on behalf of Tasmania\u2019s Anglican community regarding the Definition of Marriage.<\/address>\n<address>The Synod meeting in June confirmed its commitment to the definition of marriage under Commonwealth law, that is the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others voluntarily entered into for life.<\/address>\n<address>I would ask that you bring this resolution of the Synod of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania to your deliberations on this issue.<\/address>\n<address>Yours sincerely<\/address>\n<address>John D Harrower OAM<\/address>\n<address>Bishop of Tasmania<\/address>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>Here are some responses I have received thus far:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/The-Hon-Tony-Abbott-MHR-Leader-of-the-Opposition.pdf\">The Hon Tony Abbott MHR (Leader of the Opposition)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Catryna-Bilyk-Same-Sex-Marriage.pdf\">Senator Catryna Bilyk (Labor Senator for Tasmania)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Lisa-Singh-Labor-Senator-for-Tasmania.pdf\">Senator Lisa Singh (Labor Senator for Tasmania)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Nick-McKim-Greens-Leader-Member-for-Franklin.pdf\">Nick McKim MP (Greens Leader, Member for Franklin)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Senator-Nick-Sherry-Labor-Senator-for-Tasmania.pdf\">Senator Nick Sherry (Labor Senator for Tasmania)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Senator-Bob-Brown-Greens-Senator-for-Tasmania.pdf\">Senator Bob Brown (Greens Senator for Tasmania)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Senator-Eric-Abetz-Liberal-Senator-for-Tasmania.pdf\">Senator Eric Abetz (Liberal Senator for Tasmania)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Senator-Anne-Urquhart-Labor-Senator-for-Tasmania.pdf\">Senator Anne Urquhart (Labor Senator for Tasmania)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Senator-Helen-Polley-Labor-Senator-for-Tasmania.pdf\">Senator Helen Polley (Labor Senator for Tasmania)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Will-Hodgman-MP-Leader-of-the-Opposition.pdf\">Will Hodgman MP (Leader of the Opposition in Tasmania)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Senator-Stephen-Parry-Liberal-Senator-for-Tasmania.pdf\">Senator Stephen Parry (Liberal Senator for Tasmania)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Julie-Collins-Labor-Member-for-Franklin.pdf\">Julie Collins (Labor Member for Franklin)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/The-Hon-Robert-McClelland-MP-Attorney-General.pdf\">The Hon Robert McClelland MP (Attorney General)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/files\/2011\/08\/Senator-Christine-Milne-Greens-Senator-for-Tasmania1.pdf\">Senator Christine Milne (Greens Senator for Tasmania)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Definition of Marriage&#8221; &#8211; Responses to\u00a0the letter I sent to several federal politicians regarding the Synod of the Anglican Church of\u00a0 Tasmania\u2019s resolution regarding the definition of marriage: Dear &#8230;. , Definition of Marriage I write on behalf of Tasmania\u2019s &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/2011\/08\/04\/definition-of-marriage-letter-responses\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8237"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8237"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8237\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8254,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8237\/revisions\/8254"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/imaginarydiocese.org\/bishopjohn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}