Bawa Singh Jagdev, the secretary of the National Sikh Council of Australia, also suggested same-sex couples call their relationships "homo unions" in a submission to an Australian Senate inquiry.



"What the proponents of the bill are proposing and supporting is against the law of nature," he said.



"God created humans on this planet to propagate the human race and not to destroy it. This bill will destroy the whole human race."



Jagdev wrote that gay people should be allowed to be in relationships, but marriage should not be redefined.

"Give it a different name, such as HOMO UNION and recognise the relationship," he wrote.



Jagdev made the comments in a public submission to the current Senate inquiry into the government’s draft marriage equality bill.

His comments were made on behalf of the National Sikh Council of Australia, which Jagdev claims is the country's peak body for Sikh associations.