He was a fierce opponent of Argentina's decision to legalise gay marriage in 2010, arguing children need to have the right to be raised and educated by a father and a mother.
Speaking after the ballot on Wednesday night, a composed Gillard said she was proud of her achievements in what "has not been an easy environment to work in" because of the minority parliament, the internal Labor divisions and the Coalition's fierce anti-carbon tax campaign.
Revelations that Michael Jordan had lost hundreds of thousands of dollars gambling barely dented his appeal, since the story reinforced the image of him as a fierce competitor.
Contributing to the problem is a fierce appetite for loud music, without an understanding of what this means for hearing in later life.
A clash of fierce rivals, and one of many which will unfold over the next eight days.
More than two-and-a-half centuries on it has grown into a small, thriving, officially bilingual city, currently bracing itself for another fierce battle between French and English invaders.
Rather than serving either commercial considerations or following the whims of musicians, the work he accomplished as a sleeve designer betrayed a fierce independence, and an obvious belief in art for art's sake.
The standard pop-psychology answer is that dinosaurs are big, fierce and extinct.
"Those who know you understand that you are a man of outstanding insight, fierce determination, and above all, courage.
A stunning free-kick in the 83rd minute by the returning Neymar gave a revamped Brazil a 1-0 friendly victory over a fierce Colombia side in a bad-tempered friendly here on Friday.
Fringe parties such as the neo-Nazi Chryi party, whose fortunes have risen on the back of anti-immigrant sentiment and fierce opposition to austerity measures, could capture as much as 5%% of the vote according to polls released in the run-up to the election.
