Comments on: Not enough gay couples for marriage equality: Mark Latham

By: David

David — Mon, 10 Jul 2017 04:35:11 +0000

Thats not what he said. Why manipulate it what he said – Mark Latham said for anyone that wants to listen is that there is only 47,000 same sex couples in Australia yet same sex marriage is taking all the narrative there is other important issues that need to be discussed as well

By: Tracy

Tracy — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 18:04:31 +0000

The guy even looks thick. Good grief. What a Neanderthal.

By: Robert McCormick

Robert McCormick — Sat, 08 Jul 2017 00:19:49 +0000

Why does anyone, including those neo-fascist conservative rags and web sites, which almost no-one, other than homophobes like Mark Latham, Tony Abbott, Cory Bernardi and other trash, ever bother to read or view, persist in giving oxygen to this failed ALP Leader?
The Census is just a snapshot of Australia, though the ABS would like us all to be totally honest, many of us simply do not trust the process as today, thanks to homophobic bastards like Fred Nile, Tony Abbott, Bernardi and this twit Latham, many a fearful that their private information will be stolen, hacked and leaked to our employers and we will ,lose our jobs.
How about that other homophobe, former cricketer, Bill Lawry and his comments about Australian International Cricketers who went to Prince Alfred College in Adelaide being a bunch of “Crocheting, knitting, poofters”? Many, incidentally, became far better cricketers than Lawry ever was.
Well, Billy old boy, there are a few old adages – many as old as yourself, which could/should be applied to you!
“It Takes one to know one”, “The Pot calling the Kettle black”
How do you know that about PAC students, Bill.? Were you one of them?
The Human Rights Commission should charge him with inciting Hate.

By: RonDonaghe

RonDonaghe — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 11:38:25 +0000

I have to give Latham this: his argument is a first. Not enough gay couples to marry? The problem is, even if there were only one gay couple who wanted equal rights, it would be enough. Also, he says numbers don’t like, and according to the census he says only 47,000 gay couple reside in Australia. Well, how much is enough? 47,000 couples would be denied equality under his argument.

By: Ruxxy

Ruxxy — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 10:07:28 +0000

He was always a whacko – but over recent times I thought he had started to grow up- how wrong I was… What Mr Latham doesn’t realise, is that the census gave us only a minuscule sampling overall because many of us for our own reasons did not identify as being “gay couples.”

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 08:57:41 +0000

He’s a bit like Tony Abbott – pointless.

By: Julian

Julian — Fri, 07 Jul 2017 07:16:36 +0000

In reply to Mercedes. Stop insulting peas ffs!!!

By: Harley Cox

Harley Cox — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 08:08:34 +0000

An opinion on what members of same-sex couples want, why who better to ask than Mark ‘schoolboys are gay’ Latham.

It’s a pity his husband’s opinions are not also quoted. Oh that’s right Mark is ‘discreet’.

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 02:36:17 +0000

Poor fellow.. has the brain of a pea!

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 06 Jul 2017 02:35:41 +0000

Latham makes me sick. His argument is bullshit. He’s perfectly happy for tens of thousands of Australians to be denied equal civil rights because…. he can’t say. Latham of course backed in Howard’s amendments to the Marriage Act in 2004. Why? If there are too few gay folks to worry about, why did he support that vote? There were less gay couples then than now, surely that was just a storm in a teacup by Latham logic? Ah, because that was about gay-bashing, Latham loves anything involving bashing.

Latham is so hateful that he’s incapable of any logical consistency. If you apply entirely different logic to why it’s okay to deny people rights than why people should have their rights advanced, you’re a bigot.

Also, what the hell is a Marxist gender theory? Marx wrote many books, articles and letters about economics and politics and I’m yet to find any reference in his writings to non-binary gender identification.