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May 13th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda A Victorian psychiatrist lobbying against same-sex marriage must explain why he should retain his role on the board of the state’s equal opportunity agency, critics say.
Professor Kuruvilla George, who is Victoria’s deputy chief psychiatrist, has signed a submission to a senate inquiry calling for a ban on same-sex marriage.
He is among a group of doctors, who in a letter to the marriage equality inquiry, say limiting marriage between a man and woman “is important for the future health of our nation”.
“We submit that the evidence is clear that children who grow up in a family with a mother and father do better in all parameters than children without,” the Doctors for the Family group says.
Victorian opposition attorney-general Martin Pakula said Prof George needs to explain to the government and the community why he should remain a board member on the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission (VEOHRC), given his views.
“The equal opportunity commission are regularly asked to deal with matters where people are alleging discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and I don’t know how Prof George can properly deal with those matters given the sentiments he’s expressed,” Mr Pakula told reporters.
Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young said the doctor’s views are out of step with the Australian Psychologists Society and Australian Medical Association, which say discrimination harms the health of gays and lesbians.
“I question how it is that a doctor who’s part of the Victorian equal opportunities body can hold such views,” she said.
Comment is being sought from Prof George.
In a statement, VEOHRC acting commissioner Karen Toohey and chair John Searle said the views of board members in their individual or personal capacity do not reflect the views or the board or commission.
Parliamentary inquiries are underway into three private member’s bills that aim to change the Marriage Act.
A spokesman for Victoria’s Attorney-General Robert Clark said Prof George’s views were not expressed on behalf of Victoria’s equal opportunity commission.
“Dr George, like all other citizens, has the right to freedom of expression and is entitled to take part as an individual citizen in public debate on national political issues,” he said.
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