Comments on: An open letter to Queensland Premier Campbell Newman

By: Ash

Ash — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 06:23:03 +0000

If the Christian lobby (these days a very vocal minority) can exert so much pressure maybe it is time we mobilized the international gay community to boycott Queensland as a tourist destination or Queensland products. I have no idea what the pink dollar is worth to Queensland.
If this precedent is allowed to stand without community opposition they will try to roll back even more rights little by little. This government carries the old Bjelke-Petersen – National Party -police state legacy in its entrails.

By: Tina

Tina — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 08:15:38 +0000

From what I have seen so far, Campbell Newman has done more to hurt the lives of Queeslanders in his short term in office than the many years under Labor. I am a born and bred Queenslander, for the last 20 years I have worked for the government in Emergency Nursing. I have seen good and bad things happen under different premiers. My thanks for my loyalty to Qld Government and passionate advocacy of everything Queensland, is to be informed I may now lose my job as a direct result of Newman policy. I hold many Gay and Lesbian friends dear to my heart, and to see them disrespected as Queenslanders like this sickens me. After a good long think on the weekend, I began the application process for jobs interstate. I don’t want to be around to see Campbell Newman wipe his muddy shoes all over the lives of the people I love.

By: Sue

Sue — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 04:23:01 +0000

What is the bother about a certain word? People – any people – do not need laws to feel close and strong with each other.
Government need to back off of life. This is only about government rubbish. It is really just another way for the gov’t get the $$$ off of people if they break-up! Divorce is not cheap, why marry if legals are the only benefits?
Just a bit of paper. Don’t need that before we can live close.

(rather leave my email off of publications. Thanks)

By: paul ring

paul ring — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 08:59:18 +0000

Bummer!!!

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 01:00:02 +0000

Fantastic words but very sad that you are having to write them in 2012. So many parts of the world are moving forward but Queensland certainly is moving retrograde. My partner and I will never travel to Queensland under the current government either until the civil union act is restored to its previous form and the surrogacy act is as it was before. I think that as a group , we , our friends both homosexual and heterosexual, and families should boycott Queensland until this is favourably resolved. Let’s spend our hard earned cash in non homophobic places. Let’s also avoid buying produce from Queensland so we are not funding the Queensland government with taxes.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:21:54 +0000

Brilliantly worded letter. How shocking though that it should even have to be written in the first place. There should be equal rights for all. I am neither from Australia nor am I gay, but I wholeheartedly agree with everything Doctor George Forgan-Smith has written. If I ever was to come to Australia you can rest assured that I won’t be spending my tourist dollar in Queensland.