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The article presents a speech by Tim Cannon, national research officer of the Australian Family Association, delivered at the National Civic Council, held in Melbourne, Victoria, February 2011, in which he discussed the push for same sex marriage in Australia, the same-sex marriage debate, and the importance of marriage in the society.

The article offers information on the assertion of Australian Greens Senator Sarah Hansen-Young for South Australia regarding the legal definition of marriage in the country. According to Hansen-Young, the definition of marriage in Australia is out-dated and promotes inequality and discrimination for gays. It notes that the Australian Senator aims to redefine marriage by including same-sex unions regardless the public institution of marriage. It also discusses the fundamental relationship between marriage and progeneration wherein it depicts the genetic fact that male-female union produces an offspring.