Comments on: It’s time for Labor to divorce from its ambivalence on gay marriage

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 11 May 2015 05:18:57 +0000

In reply to Geo Dn Gil. Fuck the church! I am a proud out gay atheist born in 1969!

By: Travis

Travis — Tue, 05 May 2015 10:25:42 +0000

It is time for LGBTI voters to divorce from Labor, like they have done to the Liberals years ago under the cunt Tony Abbott!

By: Travis

Travis — Mon, 04 May 2015 14:32:58 +0000

It is time for both major parties to divorce homophobia!

By: Paul of Forbes NSW

Paul of Forbes NSW — Sat, 02 May 2015 13:24:27 +0000

Yawn, zzzzzzzzzzzzzz!

Sick and tired of “discussing” and “debating” this, I really want to marry my life partner Ron – hopefully very soon. When Australia finally allows marriage equality in the year 2100 – we will both be wheel-chairing in a nursing home!

By: David

David — Sat, 02 May 2015 13:17:29 +0000

While we “talk” and “debate” marriage equality right here in Australia, another 10 countries allow it! What a total embarrassing joke my own country really is being in some backwater on 1915 marriage policy!

Seriously, the Australian community at about 70% SUPPORT marriage equality – this is beyond an embarrassing joke and people are tired of it! Just allow marriage equality in Australia and let it go!

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 02 May 2015 13:04:24 +0000

Hey everyone in the LGBTI community, just keep voting for the Greens, Secular, Equality, Democrats and Sex parties (since they all support marriage equality) – NEVER vote for the Labor, Liberal, Christian Democrats, Family First, Shooters and Fishing, Bob Katter and the Palmer United Parties! Then one the major parties of either Labor or Liberal, will finally allow marriage equality in the year 2050!

By: Keith Crawford

Keith Crawford — Fri, 01 May 2015 14:52:21 +0000

In reply to Ro Pi. I'm sure we would also be asking the liberals for a binding vote too if that was on the table.

By: Colin Ellis

Colin Ellis — Fri, 01 May 2015 10:11:06 +0000

Labor either supports anti discrimination or not. There are no exceptions. The decision is not about democracy, it’s about the values held by the Party. So let it decide which direction it is heading, then we can decide who we will follow or not

By: Geo Dn Gil

Geo Dn Gil — Fri, 01 May 2015 09:54:25 +0000

There trade offs to get into government, both parties do it, done it in the past and will continue to, and this is why change take time and push, trade offs with the church, other parties, and them selves ………..

By: Sacha Blumen

Sacha Blumen — Fri, 01 May 2015 09:43:54 +0000

So how does Labor’s decisions affect what the Liberal Party does? Are Liberal Party MP not actually responsible for their own decisions?

By: Claudia Richardson

Claudia Richardson — Fri, 01 May 2015 09:29:58 +0000

Labor has too many conservative Catholics etc who will never support marriage equality

By: Ro Pi

Ro Pi — Fri, 01 May 2015 06:28:17 +0000

Actually the blatant hypocrisy is in people like this author who demand a binding vote for Labor in support of marriage equality with one breath, and for the Liberals to remove a binding vote against it in favour of a free/conscience vote in the next!

Talk about trying to have your cake and eat it!