Rainbow flags to fly for Valentine's Day, marriage equality: Barr

Roksteddy said :

dungfungus said :

It’s a bit presumptuous of Andrew Barr to claim to speak on behalf of all Canberrans in this gesture.

He didn’t claim that

So when he said “Canberra is Australia’s most LGBTI-inclusive city and we want to celebrate that this week,”, Canberra doesn’t mean all of Canberra, whilst “we” means only the politicians?
I still don’t know how they came to this conclusion. Have there been surveys specifically asking residents if they are inclusive of the LGBTI community?
The Lonely Planet, The Guardian, gay-australia.net, Yahoo Answers and even the U.K’s Independent list Sydney as the number 1 gay city in Oz. Canberra doesn’t even get a mention. The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras trumps anything Canberra has to offer.
I think Andrew Barr needs to get his facts straight.

dungfungus said :

It’s a bit presumptuous of Andrew Barr to claim to speak on behalf of all Canberrans in this gesture.

He didn’t claim that

Well done, Andrew.
You do speak on my behalf

HenryBG said :

reddy84 said :

dungfungus said :

It’s a bit presumptuous of Andrew Barr to claim to speak on behalf of all Canberrans in this gesture.

He speaks for the majority. Your views are the minority.

Funnily enough, the homosexual marriage lobby doesn’t agree with you, which is why they are dead against a plebiscite on the issue of changing the definition of marriage.

The “homosexual marriage lobby” are against a plebiscite because it is expected to be divisive, expensive, harmful to the mental health of of young gay kids and wholly unnecessary. Repeated national polls have shown support for marriage equality to sit around 70% in favour and growing. Supporters of marriage equality want the government to pull it’s finger out, do it’s job and legislate. Simple.

Holden Caulfield said :

It takes the same effort to be tolerant as it does to be bigoted. Actually, being tolerant probably requires less effort.

…and yet you are unable to tolerate a diversity of opinions on what the word “marriage” means – calling people “bigoted” because they don’t share your fringe belief.

I was always, “who cares, doesn’t affect me, doesn’t bother me” about homosexual marriage, until I noticed these kinds of contributions to the debate, at which point I realised that my ethical duty was to support freedom of speech.

reddy84 said :

dungfungus said :

It’s a bit presumptuous of Andrew Barr to claim to speak on behalf of all Canberrans in this gesture.

He speaks for the majority. Your views are the minority.

Funnily enough, the homosexual marriage lobby doesn’t agree with you, which is why they are dead against a plebiscite on the issue of changing the definition of marriage.

Doesn’t support a public vote on the issue. Desperate to manufacture consent. This is ramming an issue up for debate down Canberra’s throats. Not clear and inclusive thinking at all. Not the way to go.

Unoriginal, sorry Andrew. I’d like to see something other cities haven’t done. Have a brainstorm with the public well ahead next year!

It takes the same effort to be tolerant as it does to be bigoted. Actually, being tolerant probably requires less effort.

We want our political leaders to lead and in this instance Andrew Barr is doing just that.

There is no genuine reason that marriage equality should be divisive.

I accept that Barr has a vested interest on this issue and understand that that may cloud the opinions of some detractors. If that’s you, just go back and read my first paragraph above.

I noticed as I was driving home last night that one of the flags on the Commonwealth Avenue was missing, and the flag pole was tilted (bent). Not sure it was deliberate or whether it was just a windy day?