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| Abbott makes campaign pitch at school that calls homosexuality 'abomination' | Abbott makes campaign pitch at school that calls homosexuality 'abomination' |
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| Tony Abbott has made an election pitch at a conservative Sydney Christian school which describes homosexuality as an "abomination". | Tony Abbott has made an election pitch at a conservative Sydney Christian school which describes homosexuality as an "abomination". |
| The opposition leader used his visit to the Penrith Christian school in western Sydney to talk about values. | |
| "The great thing about a school like this is it's not just about getting you through your exams," he said. | "The great thing about a school like this is it's not just about getting you through your exams," he said. |
| "It's not just about making good friends who hopefully will be your friends for life, important though both of those things are. | "It's not just about making good friends who hopefully will be your friends for life, important though both of those things are. |
| "In a school such as this it is very important that we have the right values to live by, and I guess the best value that we can live by is that golden rule to 'do unto others as you would have them do to you'." | "In a school such as this it is very important that we have the right values to live by, and I guess the best value that we can live by is that golden rule to 'do unto others as you would have them do to you'." |
| The Assemblies of God Australia statement of faith on the school’s website spells out a list of its values. | The Assemblies of God Australia statement of faith on the school’s website spells out a list of its values. |
| In a section on homosexuality, the school says: "We believe that homosexuality and specific acts of homosexuality are an abomination unto God, a perversion of the natural order and not to be entered into by his people." | In a section on homosexuality, the school says: "We believe that homosexuality and specific acts of homosexuality are an abomination unto God, a perversion of the natural order and not to be entered into by his people." |
| On gender change, it says: "We believe the practice of attempting to or changing one’s gender through surgical and/or hormonal or artificial genetic means is contrary to the natural order ordained by God." | On gender change, it says: "We believe the practice of attempting to or changing one’s gender through surgical and/or hormonal or artificial genetic means is contrary to the natural order ordained by God." |
| And in a section titled “Creation” it says: “We believe that the heavens and the earth and all original life forms, including humanity, were made by the specific immediate creative acts of God as described in the account of origins presented in Genesis, and that all biological changes which have occurred since creation are limited to variation within each species.” | |
| Abbott told reporters he "respectfully disagreed" with the school's statement. | Abbott told reporters he "respectfully disagreed" with the school's statement. |
| "This is a good school and it is a school which has been supported by people like [Labor frontbenchers] David Bradbury and Peter Garrett," he said. | "This is a good school and it is a school which has been supported by people like [Labor frontbenchers] David Bradbury and Peter Garrett," he said. |
| The school’s principal, Bruce Neville,told reporters the school was not considering reviewing the statement of faith at the moment. | The school’s principal, Bruce Neville,told reporters the school was not considering reviewing the statement of faith at the moment. |
| He said the reference to homosexuality as "an abomination unto God" was a quote from the Bible. | He said the reference to homosexuality as "an abomination unto God" was a quote from the Bible. |
| "Plain and simple, that's all it is," Neville aid before being ushered away by an associate. | "Plain and simple, that's all it is," Neville aid before being ushered away by an associate. |
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