gizmo_2655 wrote on Nov 22^nd, 2010 at 12:31pm:




201 is greater ....the point being a sample of 200 or even 1400 is insignificant and only brain dead morons would give it any credit.

Finance Minister Penny Wong has ratcheted up the pressure on the Federal Government over same-sex marriage, backing a South Australian branch move to vote for a national change.

At the party's state convention yesterday, Senator Wong spoke in favour of a motion which calls on the ALP national convention to support the legal right of all couples to be married, regardless of their gender.

She told delegates she has been pushing for Labor to change its platform.

"I will be advocating for our party to support equality including to in relation to marriage or same-sex couples and I do so because I have a deeply held commitment to equality," she said.

The openly gay senator drew criticism before the federal election for saying she supported Labor's position opposing same-sex marriage.

Meanwhile, around 1,000 people yesterday turned up to a march in Sydney calling for equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.

The crowd gathered outside Sydney's Town Hall and marched up Oxford Street after a mock wedding and speeches.

New South Wales Labor Senator Doug Cameron told the cheering crowd he believed there was growing political support to change the Commonwealth Marriage Act.

But he said the campaign for change would be hard.

"The growing political and community support for marriage equality will result in an historic change to the Marriage Act," he said.

"This will be a tough campaign. Love and commitment should be the test, not outdated and discriminatory acts of parliament."

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Gillards little puppet has finally found her voice.

Gay mrriage is a re-definition of marriage. It is a language game (ie charades). Non-gays will migrate away from 'marriage' and will call it sometheing else - until the gays come after that definition.

Gay 'marriage' is not about marriage (dogs don't walk on their hindlegs in nature). It is a drive to pretend that homo is hetero. Evidently it isn't but PC is about language games.

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Since homosexuality was legalised sometime in the 80's - a huge proportion of our society has come out of the closet. Why should they lead a life of misery pretending they're straight and why shouldn't they have the same rights as everyone else?

Most people couldn't give a stuff whether gays marry - so wouldn't it be easier just to pass the damn bill and move onto more important issues?

It is not just a Greens' issue - it is a social issue. It's not going to affect hetero marriage. If marriage was such a respected institution - why do the majority of married couples separate or divorce?

Miss Anne Dryst wrote on Nov 29^th, 2010 at 6:26am:


Dogs and cats fall into the category of animal.

Homosexual and heterosexual people fall into the category of human.

Unless you believe homosexuals should fall into some other category - and if so - what would that be?

mantra wrote on Nov 29^th, 2010 at 6:18am:



Mantra, I would respectfully suggest that you have no idea what "most people"  think on this issue.

You might have some idea of the opinions of a minute number of fringe dwellers, but not the broader community.

I must say this whole thing about a pair of woofters getting married is incredibly tedious.

It's been this way for decades and decades.

Don't we have greater things to worry about than this non-issue?

Let's just leave things as they are and be done with it.

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If 'most people don't give a stuff' why bother changing anything?

The case for change has not been sufficiently made, so lets not waste anymore time on indulging this childish temper tantrum.  Ya know they only want it cos they can't have it.