[Koran-Digital] Anti-gay marriage doctor quits equal rights post

Anti-gay marriage doctor quits equal rights post



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15th May 2012

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A SENIOR Victorian psychiatrist who caused outrage among his medical

peers by lobbying against gay marriage has quit his post on the board of

the state's equal opportunity agency.





Professor Kuruvilla George, the state's deputy chief psychiatrist, faced

calls for his resignation from the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human

Rights Commission after becoming one of more than 150 doctors who signed

an anti-gay marriage submission to a Senate inquiry.



The submission – rejected by the AMA and other leading healthcare groups

– said children of heterosexual parents were generally happier and

better adjusted than those of same-sex parents. It also warned gay

marriage would be a public health risk because it "normalised" the

health "consequences" of same-sex relationships like HIV and syphilis.



Professor George gave no public comment other than signing the document,

but a short statement from Victorian attorney-general Robert Clark today

said:



"The Victorian Coalition government has been informed by the chair of

the Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission, Mr John

Searle, that Professor Kuruvilla George has expressed his intention to

resign as a board member of the commission.



"The government thanks Professor George for his dedicated service to the

Victorian Equal Opportunity and Human Rights Commission during his time

as a member of the board."



Victorian opposition attorney-general Martin Pakula had called for

Professor George's resignation on the grounds that the agency "regularly

deal[s] with matters where people are alleging discrimination on the

basis of sexual orientation and I don't know how Professor George can

properly deal with those matters given the sentiments he's expressed".



VEOHRC acting commissioner Karen Toohey and chair John Searle had

previously issued a statement saying the views of individual board

members did not reflect the views of the agency.



The CEO of the youth mental health agency, headspace, Chris Tanti, wrote

an angry blog post accusing Professor George and the group behind the

document, Doctors for the Family, of "peddling outdated and unsupported

views" and "sending harmful messages".



"These doctors abrogate their professional and personal responsibilities

as medical practitioners by deliberately misrepresenting research to

prosecute a homophobic, outdated and false argument against equal

marriage," Mr Tanti wrote.



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