Saying sorry means not doing it again

Given these statements by gay men and children of gay households, would somebody please tell me how their words differ from these words of the Australian Marriage Forum's recent television ad, considered so outrageous by SBS that they broke their contract to broadcast it during the Mardi Gras parade telecast:

We hear a lot about marriage equality, but what about equality for kids? Children have an equal right, wherever possible, to both a mum and a dad. So-called 'marriage equality' forces a child to miss out on a mother or a father. That's not equality for the kids who miss out. That's not marriage. Give every child their chance of a mum and a dad.

Such words would once have been considered a motherhood statement. Now they are a thought crime. Say such a thing and you will be censored by the taxpayer-funded broadcaster, removed from Facebook with no explanation, and defamed by a columnist in your state's largest newspaper. But it remains thefact that same-sex marriage makes it impossible for a child to have both a mother and a father, and that is an injustice against the child. That is why I object.

This week, as our politicians are asked to redefine marriage and family, they might recall our shameful forced adoption policy and reflect that "saying sorry means not doing it again". They must not perpetrate another policy that once again breaks "the most primal and sacred bond there is: the bond between a mother and her baby".