Comments on: Equal citizens?

By: GAY SUFRAGETTE WARRIOR

GAY SUFRAGETTE WARRIOR — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 18:17:42 +0000

SAME SEX WEDDING IS ABOUT EQUALITY, AND EVEN STRAIGHT POLITICIANS AND JUDGES IN COUNTRIES AS ARGENTINA OR SOUTH AFRICA, FROM CANADA TO PORTUGAL, FROM SPAIN TO SWEDEN TO NORWAY TO BELIGIUM TO NETHERLANDS USA’ STATE OF CALIFORNIA, SAW THAT…

By: Peter Browne

Peter Browne — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 00:01:08 +0000

Oh how refreshing it is to have a leader who wont be seen each sunday being interviewed outside a church having paid respects to an imaginery person !! Give her a break guys, she’s currently playing the ‘safe – get elected mode’. In time she will support total equality for gays….we hope !!

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:46:15 +0000

Under Kevin Rudd the Labor Party were leaking primary votes to the right to the Coalition and primary votes to the left to the Greens (but importantly retaining their preferences).

Clearly under Gillard the Labor Party has therefore tried to reposition itself further to the right on key issues – the super profits tax, asylum seekers, political correctness etc, well aware that they will retain left wing preferences because those voters will be very unlikely to preference Abbot ahead of Gillard.

It is exactly the same on the issue of gay marriage. Everything that the Labor Party says right now should be taken with a grain of salt. It is just dog whistling to appease right wing voters at this stage.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 01:13:09 +0000

Paul I respectfully disagree.

All I’m saying is wouldn’t it be safer just to wait a few weeks until after the election. Why is that such a problem? In my opinion the current campaign is well intentioned but counter-productive.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:27:09 +0000

Yes, let’s wait until the time is better to become equal citizens.

1. People aren’t going to vote against a candidate because of marriage equality. It’s consistently low on voter’s priorities.

2. See item 1 above. Piss off 60% of voters or the 40% that aren’t going to vote for you anyway?

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:15:31 +0000

Can I suggest to gay marriage proponents that now is not the right time to be pushing the PM to get rid of the discriminatory law for 2 important reasons:

1. If we do force the government’s hand and get them to say they will allow gay marriages if they are reelected then they will be defeated – simple as that. Despite polls indicating 60% support, the sad fact is very few people will change their vote to support gay marriage, but many more will change their vote to vote against it. Internal Labor Party polling is telling them the same.

2. Therefore the likely result of pushing more and more for a definitive statement and reasoning for not changing the clearly discriminatory law is that the PM will have to speak out more clearly against gay marriage to appease right wing voters – thus making it more difficult for her to do a backflip on the issue after the election. (sorry terribly worded but I hope you take my meaning).

I have petitioned the PM privately like many others on this issue but I do not expect or want her to make another public statement until after the election. Now is definitely not the time. After the election however I think everyone should go as hard as they can.