Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper
ONLINE TWITTER @star_observerISSUE 1120 FACEBOOK Star ObserverFriday 20 April 2012starobserver.
com.
au
Est.
1979
Doctors
reject
change
■ GPs say marriage will lead to health risks
A group of 150 medical...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper
ONLINE TWITTER @star_observerISSUE 1120 FACEBOOK Star ObserverFriday 20 April 2012starobserver.
com.
au
Est.
1979
Doctors
reject
change
■ GPs say marriage will lead to health risks
A group of 150 medical professionals have
claimed same-sex marriage would negatively
impactonpeople’sgeneralhealthandpotentially
increaseHIVrates.
In a submission to the recent Senate inquiry
into same-sex marriage, the group Doctors For
The Family said it was opposed to any change to
theMarriageAct.
“Legislation of same-sex marriage will
have significant ramifications that have been
confirmed by research and events here and
elsewhere,”thegroupsaid.
Thesubmissionstatedthatsame-sexmarriage
wouldfurther“normalise”homosexualbehaviour
which would lead to health consequences.
To
illustrate their point, the group pointed to the
higher rates of HIV and syphilis among menwho-have-sex-with-men(MSM)comparedwith
heterosexuals.
National LGBTI Health Alliance general
man
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