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	<title>The Qld Surrogacy Bill Revealed</title>
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	<description>Exploring the 2009-10 Proposed Queensland Surrogacy Legislation</description>
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		<title>and a word from the winners&#8230; (ABC Radio)</title>
		<link>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/13/and-a-word-from-the-winners-abc-radio/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 12:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Today, Feb 12th 2010
HERE for a transcript / audio  of the response from those who want to obliterate any distinction in law between same-sex couples and married couples:
ASHLEY HALL: Gay and lesbian groups say they expect the passing of the laws will smooth the way for more legislation giving equal rights to same sex [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We respond: new law is &#8220;legislative child abuse&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/12/surrogacy-bill-voted-in-on-thurs-11th-feb-2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:29:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Bligh government passes law for open-slather surrogacy  
Family Council of Queensland President, Alan Baker said, “The Labor Government had no electoral mandate to impose a gay rights ideology on the Queensland public, totally ignoring the fundamental right of children to be born into this world with both a mother and a father.
“We will be continuing the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We respond: new law &#8220;trampling on the rights of a child&#8230;&#8221;  (Dr van Gend, ABC Radio)</title>
		<link>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/12/results-are-in-abc-radio-interview/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:27:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The World Today, Friday 12th 2010
DAVID VAN GEND: We have told the Labor Party that this is something for which family groups will go to the barricades. This is an assault on the deepest relationship between a mother and child. It is to trample on the rights of a child to have at least the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rabbis condemn Surrogacy (same-sex parenting) Bill</title>
		<link>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/10/rabbis-condemn-surrogacy-same-sex-parenting-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/10/rabbis-condemn-surrogacy-same-sex-parenting-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From: Alan Baker [President of the Family Council of Queensland]
Sent: Wednesday, 10 February 2010 3:27 PM
The Hon. Anna Bligh and the Hon. Cameron Dick
I have been asked this afternoon by the leaders of the Jewish faith in Queensland to draw to your attention to the attached statement from the Organisation of Rabbis of Australasia, concerning the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More media coverage the day of the debate: Wednesday 10th Feb</title>
		<link>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/10/more-media-coverage-the-day-of-the-debate-wednesday-10th-feb/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/10/more-media-coverage-the-day-of-the-debate-wednesday-10th-feb/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:13:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surrogacy laws “trampling on the rights of children” says Alan Baker (Courier Mail)
Family Council of Queensland president Alan Baker called the Bill &#8220;a Trojan horse for the normalisation of same-sex parenting&#8221;, saying it established in law &#8220;the absurd proposition that two men or two women are the same as a mother and father.&#8221; Read more
Children’s rights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family advocates in the media</title>
		<link>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/09/family-advocates-in-the-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/09/family-advocates-in-the-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:06:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australian Christian Lobby want gays banned from surrogacy (AAP)
&#8230;The Australian Christian Lobby says children are not pets and should not simply be given to anyone who wants one.
ACL managing director Jim Wallace says the surrogacy bill should have been directed at permitting surrogacy as a last resort for infertile married couples. Instead it represents a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Couldn&#8217;t have said it better ourselves&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/09/couldnt-have-said-it-better-ourselves/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/09/couldnt-have-said-it-better-ourselves/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In his address delivered yesterday morning to the Pontifical Council for the Family, Pope Benedict XVI said:
&#8220;In the preamble, the Convention [on the Rights of the Child] indicates the family as &#8216;the natural environment for the growth and well-being of all its members, especially children.&#8217; Certainly, it is precisely the family, founded on marriage between [...]]]></description>
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		<title>24 hours until vote &#8211; Family Council of Qld says “Stop this assault on the rights of a child”</title>
		<link>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/09/media-release-8-feb-09-24-hours-until-bill-is-voted-on-family-council-of-qld-says-%e2%80%9cstop-this-assault-on-the-rights-of-a-child%e2%80%9d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Media Release &#124; 09 February 2009
 
As the Surrogacy Bill 2009 comes before Parliament today or tomorrow, the Family Council of Queensland has stepped up its opposition, through its campaign Kids Rights Count (www.KidsRightsCount.org.au).
Family doctor and FCQ spokesman, Dr David van Gend, with FCQ president Alan Baker, wrote to all MPs today saying:
“This Bill should have been about altruistic surrogacy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>KRC on ABC Radio: Surrogacy Bill wrong and unnecessary</title>
		<link>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/07/krc-on-abc-radio-surrogacy-bill-wrong-and-unnecessary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/07/krc-on-abc-radio-surrogacy-bill-wrong-and-unnecessary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 13:44:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Listen here (7MB, requires QuickTime) to Kids Rights Count spokesman, Dr David van Gend, and Qld Attorney General Cameron Dick interviewed on the Surrogacy Bill 2009 on ABC radio.
The Attorney General defended the Government&#8217;s Surrogacy Bill on two grounds &#8211; but both of his legitimate points can be resolved without resorting to this radical, culture-deforming piece of social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thousands petition: No to Qld surrogacy(24/11/09)</title>
		<link>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/02/thousands-petition-no-to-surrogacy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.kidsrightscount.org.au/2010/02/02/thousands-petition-no-to-surrogacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 08:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEE PETITION HERE


MEDIA RELEASEFor release: November 24, 2009
2,000 petition parliament: Christians oppose radicalsame-sex surrogacy moves in Queensland More than 2,000 Christians have petitioned the Queensland Parliament not to proceed with radical surrogacy legislation proposed by the Queensland Government which would permit two men or two women or a single person to acquire a baby.
Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) Queensland Director [...]]]></description>
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