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Post by pErvinalia » Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:34 pm

Rum wrote:Left I grant you but not always far left.
That came out of left-field..
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Post by Animavore » Sat Nov 11, 2017 4:00 pm

pErvinalia wrote:The Guardian is a far left rag. Further left than Pravda.
The shoe makers? :? :what: :think:
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Post by pErvinalia » Sun Nov 12, 2017 1:09 am

Yeah, them, those commie shoe makers!
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Post by Brian Peacock » Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:42 pm

God bless Australia! :tup:
Australia says yes to same-sex marriage in historic postal survey

Australia has taken a decisive step towards legislating marriage equality by Christmas after 61.6% of voters in an unprecedented national postal survey approved a change to the law to allow couples of the same sex to marry.

The result, announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics on Wednesday, will lead to consideration of a same-sex marriage bill in parliament with the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, promising marriage equality should be law by Christmas.

With a turnout of 79.5% the result in the voluntary survey is considered a highly credible reflection of Australian opinion and gives marriage equality advocates enormous momentum to achieve the historic social reform. Australia’s chief statistician, David Kalisch, announced the results at a press conference in Canberra at 10am on Wednesday, revealing 7,817,247 people voted in favour and 4,873,987 voted against...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-n ... tal-survey
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Post by NineBerry » Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:42 pm

They said Yes to Gay Marriage

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Post by NineBerry » Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:44 pm

Though I must that 62% is disappointingly low...

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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:46 pm

:yes: I just woke up, so this is the first place I have seen the result! Man, that's a relief. I was so concerned this was going to be our Brexit or Trump. Thank God there's a modicum of sense still left in this country. Now to see if we can right the wrong that is our offshore refugee torture, and getting an aboriginal body in parliament.
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Post by pErvinalia » Tue Nov 14, 2017 11:48 pm

Although, the religious right will be up to all sorts of tricks to try and block this becoming law. #punchatheocrat
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Post by Hermit » Wed Nov 15, 2017 6:38 am

NineBerry wrote:Though I must that 62% is disappointingly low...
Glass almost two thirds full is not too shabby :clap:

and that is before considering the two million mailed out ballot papers stolen from mail boxes by fundamentalist Christian activists and returned to the ABS as a "No" vote. ;)
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Post by JimC » Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:02 am

Civil wedding celebrants will be salivating at the prospect of all the extra money...
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:33 am

Taking you long enough. We had it in 2001. Mind you we were the first of course. :smug: :biggrin:
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Post by JimC » Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:36 am

Obviously, the Netherlands have the best same-sex marriage of all!

So much so, 98% of all Dutch weddings are now same sex! :{D
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Post by Scot Dutchy » Wed Nov 15, 2017 8:37 am

The only ones that bother about marriage these days.
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Post by Animavore » Fri Nov 17, 2017 4:25 pm

Should've heeded the warning from Ireland's own history with gay marriage.

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Post by Forty Two » Fri Nov 17, 2017 6:16 pm

Scot Dutchy wrote:Taking you long enough. We had it in 2001. Mind you we were the first of course. :smug: :biggrin:
For sure. The Strayans were way behind even the Merkins, and we all know how uncivilized the Merkins are.
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