Tag: same-sex marriage
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Horrifying pixelated photos of Bob Katter emerge
It appears that some disreputable person has been mud-raking, after our hitherto good friend Bob Katter released a political ad showing a shocking, pixelated photo of two guys hugging (to bring our outraged attention to evils of gay marriage). Now, take a look at these revealing photos of Katter himself, and see if you aren’t as…
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Hopes for 2012
Here’s a bit of everything for the new year — some hopes for what we could and should be doing as a nation, in no particular order. We must address the asylum seeker debate with decency, maturity and humility. We should accept many more refugees, and at the same time encourage other countries to do so…
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The institution of specious reasoning
Stumbling across the ABC’s “Religion and Ethics” department, I discovered David Novak’s rather bluntly titled article: “No Right to Marriage for Same-Sex Couples“. It’s long, rambling and so far hasn’t attracted a lot of attention (judging from the solitary comment). Novak’s points are at least made clearly enough (though rather verbose), but in the end they…
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Same-sex marriage bill
Senator Sarah Hanson-Young of the Greens has introduced the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009. It’s been referred to the a Senate committee, due to report on November 26. Plenty of time for a raft of both enlightening and cringeworthy commentary to materialise as public submissions. The bill isn’t going to get far, of course (though…