Another chance at same-sex civil unions?

Hey if two consenting adults want to get married – who are we to tell them they shouldn’t? And can’t the government do more than one thing at a time? Really? Most adults can do that….

Personally it isn’t an issue for me but I know several jewellers, florists and caterers who would love the extra revenue…..

Give them what they want so I don’t have to listen to their whinging for the rest of my middle aged life FFS…

And before anybody gets on my case about whingers getting what they want I want you to remember for example, women getting the vote, the 40 hour working week etc etc.

HenryBG said :

This is only a “civil rights and equality” issue in the minds of the tiny fringe of weirdo propagandists who’ve claimed it is. There is no “right” to get married. Get over it. We’re bored of hearing about this absurd nonsense all the time..

I’d be interested in hearing what your objections are to this. I used to be dead-set against it but when someone actually asked me to explain why, I really could not come up with a valid reason. After consideration I completely changed my mind.

I’m not asking you to change your mind, or even trying to get you to change it. But I am interested in what rationale you have for objecting to it.

I understand people objecting because of religious beliefs, but that didn’t apply to me and from what you have previously posted it shouldn’t apply to you.

Like I said, once I sat down and thought about it, I could not see any reasonable objection that a thinking person could have.

dungfungus said :

MsCheeky said :

Does anyone know if same-sex civil unions are recognised by Immigration for spouse visas?

I can’t beleive that such a thing as a “spouse visa” exists. Years ago, a wife used to have to get written permission from her spouse to transact certain financial transactions but a “spouse visa”?

yes the world is a straaaange and mysterious place.

HenryBG said :

toriness said :

Mr Gillespie said :

Oh please….. what about REAL issues like housing etc. instead of this bullshit

just because civil rights and equality isn’t a REAL issue in your small mind, doesn’t mean it isn’t important to others.

This is only a “civil rights and equality” issue in the minds of the tiny fringe of weirdo propagandists who’ve claimed it is. There is no “right” to get married. Get over it. We’re bored of hearing about this absurd nonsense all the time..

Yeah, you might want to look in the mirror for that “tiny fringe of weirdo propagandists”.

apparently 53% of australian christians support gay marriage, that number going up to 62% for people of other religions and 67% for people with no religion with overall support at 60%.

it’s the loud-mouthed bigots who are holding it back, not a tiny fringe of activists who are pushing it forward. (http://www.australianmarriageequality.com/wp/a-majority-of-christians-support-marriage-equality/)

HenryBG said :

toriness said :

Mr Gillespie said :

Oh please….. what about REAL issues like housing etc. instead of this bullshit

just because civil rights and equality isn’t a REAL issue in your small mind, doesn’t mean it isn’t important to others.

This is only a “civil rights and equality” issue in the minds of the tiny fringe of weirdo propagandists who’ve claimed it is. There is no “right” to get married. Get over it. We’re bored of hearing about this absurd nonsense all the time..

For a moment I forgot that your personal opinions are what dictates the conventional thought of everyone in Australia and anyone who is concerned about other issues is a ‘tiny fringe of weirdo propagandists’.

Thanks for reminding me.

Although, somewhere I have this nagging suspicion that you’re on the wrong side of history … again.

HenryBG said :

toriness said :

Mr Gillespie said :

Oh please….. what about REAL issues like housing etc. instead of this bullshit

just because civil rights and equality isn’t a REAL issue in your small mind, doesn’t mean it isn’t important to others.

This is only a “civil rights and equality” issue in the minds of the tiny fringe of weirdo propagandists who’ve claimed it is. There is no “right” to get married. Get over it. We’re bored of hearing about this absurd nonsense all the time..

Actually, it is a basic human right for consenting adults to be able to get married.

toriness said :

Mr Gillespie said :

Oh please….. what about REAL issues like housing etc. instead of this bullshit

just because civil rights and equality isn’t a REAL issue in your small mind, doesn’t mean it isn’t important to others.

Plus housing is an ongoing expenive issue and will never be perfect for anyone. Simply making people equal actually makes a fair bit of cash (weddings cost money!) and the only people it makes angry are people who are going to be angry that gay people exist anyway.

toriness said :

Mr Gillespie said :

Oh please….. what about REAL issues like housing etc. instead of this bullshit

just because civil rights and equality isn’t a REAL issue in your small mind, doesn’t mean it isn’t important to others.

This is only a “civil rights and equality” issue in the minds of the tiny fringe of weirdo propagandists who’ve claimed it is. There is no “right” to get married. Get over it. We’re bored of hearing about this absurd nonsense all the time..

Mr Gillespie said :

Oh please….. what about REAL issues like housing etc. instead of this bullshit

Real issues like bring back thin plastic bags for you to carry you groceries home with? Is that up there with Housing, ect?