Same Sex Marriage Plebiscite - Australia

[pErvinalia]

Hermit will post a link about it.

Here's a video on why we should vote no to same sex marriage..

https://www.facebook.com/BondiHipsters/ ... 496172315/
(sorry, couldn't find a youtube copy)

[Animavore]

You don't have a vote. Thick cunt.

Trigger Warning!!!1! :

[Feck]

Marriage . Never done it, never will..... don't care who else wants to, as long as they are consenting adults .
PS Don't care if you claim to be a prophet If you fuck a 9 year-old you are a paedophile bastard and the billions of people who condone it are all ALL wrong .

[Animavore]

So you're voting "Yes" then?

[pErvinalia]

Me? Absolutely.

[pErvinalia]

Not that I'd wish marriage on anyone, gay or straight...

[Feck]

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 .

[Animavore]

You're a joyful sort.

[Brian Peacock]

The only argument against is 'my special book says no.' Burn that book.

[NineBerry]

When does it happen?

[Rum]

We have it here and there has been no sudden attack of the gay married people.

It is an increasingly empty relationship. I sadly have two behind me and am currently in my 18th year with an unmarried partner. The best of the relationships I have had. She is also 23 years younger than me as it happens. They haven't banned that yet!

[NineBerry]

To answer my own question:

The ABS have announced that they will release the result of the postal survey on November 15th.

[Animavore]

It's a poll. Not a vote.

[Hermit]

It's a non-binding plebiscite, and unlike in state and federal elections, it is not compulsory for Australian citizens to cast a vote. So it comes down to which side can muster the most participants. Michael Kirby, a retired Justice of the High Court of Australia who has never made a secret of the fact that he is gay, is among a bunch who (rightfully) regard the plebiscite as unnecessary and (idiotically) urge people to boycott it. Although surveys in recent years indicate that a substantial majority of the public is in favour of allowing same sex marriage, it will not surprise me if the plebiscite returns a "no".

The government is funding the plebiscite with 160 million tax payers' dollars. Additionally, private entities are paying to place ads in the media. The "no" side has already warned us that a "yes" result will mean that boys will be forced to wear dresses at school and adopt a gender-neutral identity. One of our federal politicians announced that if same sex marriages becomes legal, there'll be nothing stopping us from marrying the Sydney Harbour bridge. I'm just waiting for dire predictions of legal paedophilia, incest and bestiality now.

In short, SNAFU.

[Brian Peacock]

I've just been on the ACL website and the rhetoric against marriage equality for same-sex couples is exactly the same as we heard over here - we just heard less of it because the law was just catching up with what people thought. Cameron's government changed the law without much fuss and the sky didn't fall in, Christians still consider their marriages 'special' before their nominated deity, and nobody else really noticed a difference. The plebiscite is a gift to the ACL and their ilk - it makes marriage equality for same-sex couples a bigger thing than most people think it is, or than it should be, and shines more media light on their views than they would get otherwise.