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An Australian Christian couple has vowed to divorce if Australia allows same-sex couples to marry.
Nick and Sarah Jensen believe that widening the definition of marriage to include same-sex couples would threaten the sacred nature of the union.
They also fear it would leave the door open for polygamy.
The Jensens have been happily married for more than 10 years.
They have no intention of separating and hope to have more children.
Mr Jensen is director of the Lachlan Macquarie Institute, which partners with the Australian Christian Lobby to offer scholarships designed to develop a Christian worldview and foster leaders in government policy.
Mr Jensen told Fairfax that he and his wife entered into their marriage “as a fundamental order of creation, part of God’s intimate story for human history, man and woman, for the sake of children, faithful and for life”.
“And so, if later on in the year the state does go ahead and changes the definition of marriage and changes the terms of that contract then we can no longer partake in that new definition unfortunately,” he said.
Former Wallabies captain David Pocock and his partner Emma Palandri pledged in 2011 not to get married until same-sex marriage was legalised in Australia.
Calls to legalise same-sex marriage in Australia have intensified in the wake of Ireland’s referendum on the subject.
Australian federal social services minister Scott Morrison has suggested the state only deals with civil unions, leaving marriages to churches.
He hoped same-sex marriage wouldn’t be “a thing which tears the country apart”, as he called for a “breather” in debate to consider options.
On Tuesday, 38 religious leaders signed a letter to Prime Minister Tony Abbott against same-sex marriage.
Signatories included the Sydney Anglican Archbishop Glenn Davies, Catholic Archbishop Anthony Fisher, heads of Pentecostal and Orthodox churches, senior rabbis and leaders from the Sunni and Shia Islamic communities.
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