It is going to be interesting to see the outcome, I think they should have just added another form to fill out on this and many other issues and have a real vote at the next election in my view.......I was a bit stumped why this poll with such a large sample size seemed to have the opposite results to all other polling. Then I found out that this was circulated by a few religious groups
Maybe it doesn't explain the result and the silent majority have spoken but going by this thread the silent majority seem to be yes voters.
Thankyou for your attempts at employing diplomacy in your reply.
I could make an effort to respond in kind, but as you are likely already aware, I do at times have a tendency to be unapologetically bold (and at times brutal) in the expression of my personal views.
Too many times, I have been witness to people (myself included), fantasising about being possessed of distinctions which somehow render chosen opinions superior to those of their opponents. When such people become overly engrossed in such fantasies of superiority, behaviour akin to that of a religious zealot typically ensues.
I am of the opinion that the "holier than thou" religion, is one of the oldest of all mankind's religions. And yet somehow, many of its adherents fail to recognise their religious zeal when decrying their religious opponents.
The plebiscite may not see the light of day in any case. The High Court on 5 & 6 Sept will hear a challenge on constitutionality.
http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-...out-marriage-and-equality/8856552?pfmredir=sm - 8 Sept 2017
...Both the United Nations Human Rights Committee and the European Court of Human Rights have held that there is no inequality where a state retains the traditional definition of marriage...
What the Dickens are you on about!Are you two talking in Dickensian Verbosity dialect or something, wot wot?
Now you're getting true to name, cynic: Self-righteously - or make that "doggedly" - persisting that everybody not completely agreeing with you, must needs be cynophobic. Wrong term, mateWhat the Dickens are you on about!
Now, now, credit where credit is due!!
Dickens was writing in cynical dialect - in effect he plagiarised me!!!
Now don't you dare try to disagree, or, in any way, shape, or form, argue otherwise, even if your argument is soundly based upon the fact of Dickens having lived and died prior to my birth, or I will justly and righteously accuse you of the heinous crime of cyniphobia!!!!
The cyniphobes of the world ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves for oppressing the cynics' rights to be just as precious as any other misunderstood minority faction currently residing inside the scope of the human imagination!!!!!
Your supposedly against bullying? What about bullying of people who are against same sex marriages? Does that count or is that different bullying that is allowed? I thought this was an Aussie Stock Forum? Why aren't you discussing Aussie stocks?I am strongly opposed to bullying in all forms and consider that discrimination on the basis of sexuality only encourages that sort of behaviour from some.
So it's a definite YES from me.
As others have noted this issue is about adults not children.
Ignorance is bliss? Aren't you ignorant of the person who has an apposite view to yours? I love people who call other people ignorant because they have a different view to them. You usually find they are the most ignorant. We need to try to understand all points of view, but at the end of the day people are entitled to their point of view.Yes
While I don't understand why some people are attracted to the same sex, it seems that their behaviour is not choice, but hard wired. I have met plenty in tourism and they are as normal as you and I. They are statistically a minority and I don't see why the majority should feel they have the solemn right to make decisions for other folk they do not know. Live and let live.
Ignorance is bliss, but only for the ignorant.
I'm staggered that Free TV Australia refused to screen this advert. That it's by Dads 4 Kids is clearly stated, along with website address at the end.
What is this, if not censorship of mainstream values by a militant minority? Vote 'Yes' at your peril.
Being sarcastic, of course the advert commits two PC 'sins'
- shows happy nuclear families (a Mum and a Dad)
- shows white males in a good light
Your supposedly against bullying? What about bullying of people who are against same sex marriages? Does that count or is that different bullying that is allowed? I thought this was an Aussie Stock Forum? Why aren't you discussing Aussie stocks?
What the Dickens are you on about!
Now, now, credit where credit is due!!
Dickens was writing in cynical dialect - in effect he plagiarised me!!!
Now don't you dare try to disagree, or, in any way, shape, or form, argue otherwise, even if your argument is soundly based upon the fact of Dickens having lived and died prior to my birth, or I will justly and righteously accuse you of the heinous crime of cyniphobia!!!!
The cyniphobes of the world ought to be thoroughly ashamed of themselves for oppressing the cynics' rights to be just as precious as any other misunderstood minority faction currently residing inside the scope of the human imagination!!!!!
I'm staggered that Free TV Australia refused to screen this advert. That it's by Dads 4 Kids is clearly stated, along with website address at the end.
What is this, if not censorship of mainstream values by a militant minority? Vote 'Yes' at your peril.
Being sarcastic, of course the advert commits two PC 'sins'
- shows happy nuclear families (a Mum and a Dad)
- shows white males in a good light
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