Same sex marriage ban in Australia
Dec 13th 2013, 6:28 am
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Re: Same sex marriage ban in Australia
And of Hino - I would ask in exactly the same manner if we were face to face.
Dec 13th 2013, 6:40 am
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Re: Same sex marriage ban in Australia
I'm still waiting for the magic word........
Dec 13th 2013, 7:16 am
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Dec 13th 2013, 8:20 am
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Re: Same sex marriage ban in Australia
"Ashamed" ?..."Hiding" ? ...
Dec 13th 2013, 8:44 am
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Re: Same sex marriage ban in Australia
My understanding is that marriage laws are set by the Commonwealth, so what the ACT was outside their jurisdiction and therefore meaningless
State/Territory governments need to concentrate on the issues that they are responsible for and stop wasting people's money trying to make a statement
I am against same sex marriage so agree with what the courts have done
State/Territory governments need to concentrate on the issues that they are responsible for and stop wasting people's money trying to make a statement
I am against same sex marriage so agree with what the courts have done
As law stands at the moment, marriage is between a man and a woman. Same sex couples obviously don't fit that criteria so should have a civil partnership agreement only.
Dec 13th 2013, 8:55 am
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Re: Same sex marriage ban in Australia
My understanding is that marriage laws are set by the Commonwealth, so what the ACT was outside their jurisdiction and therefore meaningless
State/Territory governments need to concentrate on the issues that they are responsible for and stop wasting people's money trying to make a statement
I am against same sex marriage so agree with what the courts have done
State/Territory governments need to concentrate on the issues that they are responsible for and stop wasting people's money trying to make a statement
I am against same sex marriage so agree with what the courts have done
Dec 13th 2013, 10:11 am
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Dec 13th 2013, 10:19 am
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Re: Same sex marriage ban in Australia
I'm asexual/polysexual.
Dec 13th 2013, 11:56 am
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Dec 13th 2013, 3:09 pm
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Re: Same sex marriage ban in Australia
Its absolutely ridiculous, why shouldnt same sex couples have the same rights as any other couple? Its he 21st century not the dark ages.
Dec 13th 2013, 8:18 pm
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Re: Same sex marriage ban in Australia
I don't agree that same sex couples should be able to force a church of any denomination to marry them. However, there should be civil marriages to allow same sex couples equal rights. Those rights should be no different to male/female rights. My experience of Australian marriages is that very few are church affairs anyway, usually a beach or flash restaurant.
There was a recent case here in U.K, no idea which way it went, where two blokes wanted the church to marry them, to me that's akin to forcing a mosque to serve bacon sarnies & beer
. Down the track I'm sure the churches will drag themselves into the 19th century maybe even the 20th.
There was a recent case here in U.K, no idea which way it went, where two blokes wanted the church to marry them, to me that's akin to forcing a mosque to serve bacon sarnies & beer
. Down the track I'm sure the churches will drag themselves into the 19th century maybe even the 20th.