Comments on: Australia will be next: Argentinians

By: flic

flic — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:25:48 +0000

Mark – that may be true for some LGBTI people – as it is true for some heterosexuals. But THEY still have the right to make a choice about marriage. This isn’t about expecting every gay in Australia to rush off and get hitched, it’s about having equality in the opportunity to do so.

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:35:30 +0000

Does Gillard realise how out of step the ALP is with British and New Zealand Labour, both of whose leaders support marriage equality and inclusive adoption reform? Even our no-hoper centre right PM Key supports marriage equality (up to a point- the first reading of any such private members bill…)

By: Mark of sydney

Mark of sydney — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 03:44:59 +0000

If Gay Marriage finally does get in there definitely won’t be a stampede from our community of our gay brothers tying the knot,unless the vows contain the vow “I promise we can have an open relationship so we feel free & single”
In all seriousness our community is squealing for Marriage but in Sydney your expected to root around,and be on the scene constantly looking for the ultimate one night stand.It’s this chosen loose lifestyle that is focused on by religious bigots and of course Abbott,we only have ourselves to blame for this…sorry to say

By: davo

davo — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 07:20:42 +0000

We have to get rid of gillard and abbott – that is, unfortunately, going to take a while – We can only hope that Abbott’s numbers plummet, he is ousted by Turnbull , who then defeats Gillard. I can’t see anyone of merit ousting Gillard, that would make a difference, despite her horrible re-election prospects. We will not see marriage for at least a couple of years unless some big changes unexpectedly occur. A sad, sad situation for sure. Honestly, do you think Alex would have run off to Argentina if he thought any differently ?

By: Craig

Craig — Wed, 30 May 2012 20:27:35 +0000

Er, no, New Zealand will probably get there before you (now, if only we could catch up to Australia when it comes to transgender rights!)

By: Phil Browne

Phil Browne — Wed, 30 May 2012 13:35:58 +0000

With the Coalition not being given a Conscience vote, and so many MP's either opposed or undeclared, I'm not holding my breath that Australia will get marriage equality soon. To make things worse - the vast majority of LGBT's have not even contacted their MP to say they support marriage equality. Everyone needs to click here http://www.australianmarriageequality.com/wp/subscribe-to-our-supporter-database/ and subscribe to Australian Marriage Equality so they can be advised of easy things they can do so we achieve marriage equality. Once subscribed, go to their homepage where you can quickly and easily e-mail your MP

By: Anthony

Anthony — Wed, 30 May 2012 09:17:01 +0000

I have to agree with benty – we have to be realistic about this and it just ain’t gonna happen in the forceable future.

Despite what the polls say when a gay marriage bill is presented to parliament for a vote the margin is likely to be 2 for 1 against equality.

The best we can hope for is a Civil Union scheme then you can guarantee all Labor MP’s will vote for it and i’d say at least half the coalition will do the same.

By: Brenty

Brenty — Wed, 30 May 2012 05:58:28 +0000

I think Senor Paulon is getting a bit over-excited. Where are the votes ‘for’ coming from in the Parliament? We are also talking about having Gillard as PM not Christina de Kirchner of Argentina! Secondly, ‘Sydney’ is not all of Australia. The Australian Parliament has Members elected from all over the country. So Australia will have Marriage Equality next? Wouldn’t like to bet on that at all!