by Roger Sawkins | 2 Jun, 2024
50 years supporting the rainbow community Roger Sawkins, Queensland Regional Meeting In January 1975, nearly fifty years ago, Quakers were the first Australian religious body to publicly support the gay community. As with all Quaker Concerns, it took a couple of years...
by David Swain | 4 Mar, 2018
During the Same Sex Marriage debate I searched Quaker Faith & Practice for some insights. Section 22.33 tells us that “Marriage is a context for a relationship, not a guarantee of its quality.” While acknowledging that many good relationships exist outside the...
by David Swain | 4 Mar, 2018
Evan Gallagher, Canberra Regional Meeting On 15 November 2017, we had a historic moment that should never have occurred; a majority of Australians supported marriage equality in a national postal survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. As a gay man, who has...
by David Swain | 3 Dec, 2017
George Fox asked the question “What canst thou say?” In this issue we look at what the Religious Society of Friends in Australia can say today. This year we have made some important corporate statements, and we have included three of them in this issue, with some...
by David Swain | 3 Dec, 2017
Open letter on Marriage Equality The Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as Quakers, supports the right of adult couples in loving and committed relationships to marry, regardless of gender. We also support the right of such couples to have their marriages...
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