JOHN SMEATON, DIRECTOR OF SPUC: Watch SPUC's Anthony Ozimic stand up to the same-sex marriage agenda

Saturday, 19 January 2013

Watch SPUC's Anthony Ozimic stand up to the same-sex marriage agenda

On Thursday Anthony Ozimic, SPUC's communications manager, debated live on ITV's This Morning programme (pictured right) on the question of whether same-sex marriage should be taught in schools. The debate was in response to SPUC's letter to headteachers on the subject. You can watch the debate again on the ITV Player until Wednesday 23 January. As you will see, Anthony held his ground though outnumbered three-to-one. At one point in the debate, the viewers' poll was 80% for and 20% against teaching gay marriage in schools, but by the end the gap had narrowed to 60% - 40%. I'm very proud of Anthony's effective witness.

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I became involved in SPUC after graduating, when I established a branch in south London in 1974. I have worked full-time for SPUC for 42 years. I became chief executive of SPUC in the UK in 1996, having been general secretary since 1978. I was elected vice-president of International Right to Life Federation in 2005. At UN conferences in Cairo, Copenhagen, Beijing, Istanbul and Rome, I helped coordinate more than 150 pro-life/pro-family groups resulting in pro-life victories in Cairo, Istanbul and Rome. I was educated at Salesian College, London, before going to Oxford where I graduated in English Language and Literature. I qualified as a teacher, becoming head of English at a secondary school. I am married to Josephine. We have a grown-up family and we live in north London.