# Roundup: Marriage, disability, farming, heat

> It is my belief that Christians shouldn’t legislate one understanding of marriage for the rest of society who aren’t Christians. I am also convinced that Christians should actively work to end homophobia.

2 December 2011 · News

Canonical: https://insights1.uca.org.au/articles/roundup-marriage-disability-farming-heat/

### [Christians, homophobia and trying hard to follow Jesus](https://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2011/12/02/3382170.htm)

It is my belief that Christians shouldn’t legislate one understanding of marriage for the rest of society who aren’t Christians. I am also convinced that Christians should actively work to end homophobia.

### [Every Australian Counts – including those with a disability](https://www.humanrights.gov.au/about/media/media_releases/2011/121_11.html)

Disability Discrimination Commissioner Graeme Innes said today that more needs to be done to improve the opportunities for people with disability in our society.

### [UN warns farm production must rise 70 pct to meet demand](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/un-warns-25-pct-of-world-farmland-degraded-but-production-must-rise-70-pct-to-meet-demand/2011/11/28/gIQAlI4e3N_story.html)

The United Nations has completed the first-ever global assessment of the state of the planet’s land resources, finding in a report Monday that a quarter of all land is highly degraded and warning the trend must be reversed if the world’s growing population is to be fed.

### [WMO: 2011 one of hottest years on record](https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE7AS07C20111129?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews)

The world is getting hotter, with 2011 one of the warmest years on record, and humans are to blame, a report by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said on Tuesday.