Talking to a few friends down the Pub the other night about the Vote .
It struck me most people are confusing the Question
We are not voting on should same sex couples get married
We are voting on should they be allowed to.
Seems the No side think they are the same Q
Brett
Thomo said:
Talking to a few friends down the Pub the other night about the Vote .
It struck me most people are confusing the QuestionWe are not voting on should same sex couples get married
We are voting on should they be allowed to.Seems the No side think they are the same Q
Brett
Well if you don’t think they should that sounds like a distinction without a difference.
I don’t think we should be being asked
I didn’t word that well
One is a moral judgment
One is a legal decision
Thomo said:
Talking to a few friends down the Pub the other night about the Vote .
It struck me most people are confusing the QuestionWe are not voting on should same sex couples get married
We are voting on should they be allowed to.Seems the No side think they are the same Q
Brett
True enough Thomo.
But unfortunately you tend to find that most people who think same sex couples shouldn’t get married are also willing to tell them: “You shouldn’t be allowed to.”
I don’t see how any question in the public arena is treated any differently.
Instead of a Yes/No question, why not have the parliament pass legislation to abolish marriage. Solve all this nonsense.
And make the law retrospective.
bucolic3401 said:
Instead of a Yes/No question, why not have the parliament pass legislation to abolish marriage. Solve all this nonsense.
All the fun times starring and looking at the opposite sex in ancient forests and tall grass plains are gone. No one knew of the word marriage, its meaning or the complications of law and marriage and getting then getting divorced. Those days are gone. People were nude in those days, those days are gone.
bucolic3401 said:
And make the law retrospective.
I like that. Presses like button.
It is not a vote, it is a survey.
fsm said:
It is not a vote, it is a survey.
Yes, its a survey finding our how many people support peoples rights and how many people want to diminish peoples rights.
fsm said:
It is not a vote, it is a survey.
Could have fooled a lot of surveyrespondents.
AwesomeO said:
Thomo said:
Talking to a few friends down the Pub the other night about the Vote .
It struck me most people are confusing the QuestionWe are not voting on should same sex couples get married
We are voting on should they be allowed to.Seems the No side think they are the same Q
Brett
Well if you don’t think they should that sounds like a distinction without a difference.
I don’t agree.
It is possible to think that same sex couples should not marry, yet at the same time think they should be allowed to marry. It is a major difference.
cf I don’t think people should be anti-vax, but I think they should be allowed to be. I don’t think it should be illegal: that’s not what, in my view, the law is for.
“Former prime minister Tony Abbott has again weighed into the same-sex marriage debate after it emerged international recording artist Macklemore would sing his gay anthem Same Love at this weekend’s NRL grand final.”
“Every Government And Opposition Leader In Australia Is Voting Yes On Same-Sex Marriage…Except One”
https://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/17-out-of-18?utm_term=.psQ58wnLQ#.ejb5vLMBN
Woodie said:
“Every Government And Opposition Leader In Australia Is Voting Yes On Same-Sex Marriage…Except One”https://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/17-out-of-18?utm_term=.psQ58wnLQ#.ejb5vLMBN
Well that’s good
Woodie said:
“Every Government And Opposition Leader In Australia Is Voting Yes On Same-Sex Marriage…Except One”https://www.buzzfeed.com/lanesainty/17-out-of-18?utm_term=.psQ58wnLQ#.ejb5vLMBN
Someone who votes against peoples rights is not to be trusted.