Same Sex Marriage Plebiscite - Australia

[devogue]

I think that the plebiscite is disgusting and demeaning.

(Not as much as blokes taking it up arse though )

[Hermit]

I think that the plebiscite is disgusting and demeaning.

(Not as much as blokes taking it up arse though )

It certainly is unnecessary. With the enactment of the Marriage Amendment Act 2004, the then Prime Minister, John Howard, added the following definition: "marriage means the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life" without a perceived need to consult the population via plebiscite first. There is no reason to delete it without one. And may Lord Penzance's 1866 opinion: "I conceive that marriage, as understood in Christendom, may for this purpose be defined as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others" be placed where it belongs: In the drawer where all other opinions on legal matters that are not actually based on any law gather dust.

[Animavore]

I have either a fissure or hemorrhoid right now. Not butt sex for me.

[JimC]

Asking me to 'vote' on marriage is about as useful as asking me about changes to the official rules of golf .
I'd like to see the institution banned in favour of civil partnerships, Fighting for gay people to have the right to marriage is silly
Those religions that sanction marriage almost all contain doctrine saying gay people should be killed .

Sure, but the majority of straight couples in Oz at the moment have non-religious marriage ceremonies (as my son and his partner will do next year), and the % will be even higher for the gay crowd when it is finally possible by law. (although the lefty United Church will no doubt marry quite a few...)

What annoys me about the religious opposition is that they want to put their framework onto everybody. If all the Catholic Church said was "whatever the law turns out to be, we will not permit same-sex marriage in a catholic church", then fine. But they have the arrogance to attempt make their own shibboleths a thing for all...

[NineBerry]

Uhm. But the mathematicians also insist that only their version of how to add numbers is taught in schools and used in courts!!!

[Sean Hayden]

They can't help it.

Thankfully this Jesus cat will eventually return to feed on all the infected, and then hopefully fuck off again.

We just have to avoid infection till then, or till we die.

[JimC]

Uhm. But the mathematicians also insist that only their version of how to add numbers is taught in schools and used in courts!!!

But we can prove that ours works consistently for anybody with a brain in their head, unlike the god-botherers...