Protesters to target Gillard
Marriage equality protesters are set to target Prime Minister Julia Gillard this month when she attends a lunch at the Park Hyatt, Melbourne.
Equal Love convenor Ali Hogg said the marriage equality group will join forces with the Refugee Action Collective on September 28 to protest against Gillard鈥檚 continued opposition to same-sex marriage and the Government鈥檚 treatment of refugees.
鈥淲ith the Government coming under pressure from ultra-conservatives such as the Australian Christian Lobby and Joe de Bruyn from the SDA [Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees Union] it is important that those supporters of marriage equality keep up pressure on Gillard to show that the majority of Australians support marriage equality and it鈥檚 about time the ALP listens to our voices,鈥� Hogg said.
鈥淲ith the ALP National Conference creeping up, we need to go all-out to get the message out that we are not going away until the Government grants marriage equality.
鈥淲e will not accept civil unions or a conscience vote but full marriage equality and we want Gillard to hear this message loud and clear.鈥�
The protest is scheduled for 11.30am.
Equal Love is also urging protesters to head to Sydney later this year to join a mass rally outside the ALP National Conference on December 3.
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Eric, theres a big difference with Refugees and Gay marriage issue, you cannot compare the two.
and dave what do you think the grass will be greener if you vote Greens. At least under the liberals the admin of the country was run efficiently and work choices was a good protection for managers like myself. Ive voted liberals all my voting life.
Yeah, “human rights for all”, I agree 100%. There is a big link between the way GLBTI people are treated and how refugees are treated. My favourite quote is by Martin Luther King “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere!”. The more we can fight for human rights and equality for other minority groups, like refugees, the higher we set the bar for the treatment of humans in general, including us. And vice versa… Besides, even if we had equal rights, I would still go to this because refugees are seriously treated like dogs and it’s completely disgusting what happens to them.
Wow, I’d like to attend this protest because of both issues – asylum seekers and gay marriage. Both speak of a government that is willing to oppress human rights and dignity for the sake of presumed political expedience, and to target marginalised groups as scapegoats. I hope the GLBT community recognises the link between both causes and will support this.
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I vote Green because they have no issue with my sexuality.
I know people are working hard in Labor for change, but I can only vote on their policies. Presently their policies are very cruel. We are not even included in the Federal Equal Opportunity Act let alone have the right to marry. You would think changing the Equal Opportunity Act would be easier then allowing equality in Civil Marriage. But Labor is not even their yet….
We are not half citizens, but full citizens. We have no discount on our taxes, yet do not have equality under the law.
Labor treats our sexuality as a punishment. And while it does, I simply cannot support them.