By: Robert McCormick

Robert McCormick — Sat, 18 Feb 2017 00:09:21 +0000

Now is the time for Malcolm Turnbull to face down the ultra-right-wing, neo-fascists within the Liberal Party and the Nationals. Almost without exception the nation is in favour of Full Equality for all and that includes marriage. Personally, I think anyone who, on the basis of their committed religious beliefs, is opposed to such marriages should have the Right to refuse to perform them. After all those multi-billion dollar businesses called the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglicans, Salvos, Uniting Church, Hillsong,, other Pentecostals, other self-proclaimed Christian sects, other religions such as Islam and Judaism have the Right to refuse so why should an individual with a strong religious belief who is also a Marriage Celebrant be denied their Right to refuse? It’s called Freedom of Choice. Just as we will, eventually, have the Freedom to Choose whether or not we Marry.
That being said, given the massive number of current marriages – religious or not, which end in acrimonious and very expensive divorce I cannot for the life of me understand why any self-respecting GLBTIQ-er would want to risk it.
I had a partnership which lasted for just under 30 years. On my partner’s death there were no problems with inheritance for we had made our wills as secure as possible in each others favour.
Yes, I think we should have the Legal RIGHT to go through a Marriage. We can be sure that when, in particular, those two major Australian Religious Businesses, the Catholic and Anglican Churches, realise how much money they are missing out on they will quietly abandon their opposition. After all is said and done they are all in it for the Money and their mythical deities are now irrelevant.

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By: Robert McCormick