Comments on: LGBTI community says “no” to marriage equality plebiscite

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 12:35:21 +0000

I’m actually surprised that the result was only 70% opposed to this. Why anyone would think that it is the right of heterosexual Australia to vote on the rights of homosexual Australia is beyond me. It might sound democratic, but only without scratching the surface. Even if the public vote yes, the resentment about the unnecessary cost – as mentioned in the article – and the vitriol that we as a community are going to be subjected to in the build-up to it are not going to pleasant, yet we shall endure them, and I fear that violence could ensue in some cases.

By: Jason

Jason — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:16:02 +0000

In reply to Paul. The only constitutional amendment there should be, is to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people within the Australian Constitution - which is way long overdue! State Constitutions of WA, QLD, SA, NSW and VIC, already recognise Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander people. Tasmania is drafting a bill to do just that as well!

By: Paul

Paul — Fri, 18 Sep 2015 03:12:11 +0000

Can we have a simple Australian referendum (based on a constitutional amendment), to establish re-call elections – just for bad, anti-gay and corrupt Liberal or Labor governments please!

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 17 Sep 2015 21:16:57 +0000

No plebiscite to elect Malcolm Turnbull, not one member of the public had a say. Yet Turnbull expects us to put up with hate material from some of his more dubious bedfellows in the LNP, put up with the hate crimes that flow from it, and then we would have to raise millions to campaign to marry our beloved. When Turnbull married Lucy, he had no such hurdle. When Howard changed the Marriage Act to exclude us, there was no plebiscite, yet the freaks who make up a majority of the LNP, who Turnbull is now answering to as his Landlord to the Lodge, expect us to subjected to this ugly apartheid that will cost the lives of some of us. The plebiscite is not without significant cost to our community.