The sensible centre?
Oh puleez!
These stark images reveal what energizes the world-view of right-wing Christians.
http://spiritlessons.com/passionofchristpictures.htm
Remember too that many of these right wing Christians have direct associations with Opus Dei. The unspeakably vile film above is essentially a graphic portrayal of Opus Dei's attitude to the human body and the practice of bodily mortification described here:
http://www.odan.org/corporal_mortification.htm
Remember too that Opus Dei has an extensive list of banned books - most of which are essential reading if one wishes to understand Western culture altogether in the 21st century.

And of course this toxic psychology is passed on from generation to generation (all with the "best" intentions" of course) creating this enduring cultural phenomenon
http://zakherys.tripod.com/greven.htm
http://www.psychohistory.com/htm/05_history.html

Lyle you know full well that voters main interest is their bank balance, the majority couldn't care less about what consenting adults do in private. Voters, as I have stated to Ian Macfarlane do care about the time wasted talking about "same-sex marriage" there are a number of important issues that need sorting out long before SSM, chase the paedophiles out of the church's, name and shame the drug pushers, work towards ending the "right to remain silent" corrupt rort that Legal-Aid scum use to "defend" criminals in court, (it has been ended in Britain after 400 years) and then you will have achieved something, in the meantime stop worrying about the hapless "poofs".

Sorry, Lyle, but your analysis is wrong in thinking that same-sex marriage was sufficiently on anyone's radar to be a vote-changer... either way.

Also, shouldn't Christians be informed by what Christ apparently said and did rather than their hypothesis of 'What would Jesus do'?

But here is a suggestion to help the ACL avoid any charges of hypocrisy... compaign as strongly for prohibitions on divorce and a total ban on remarriage - for which Jesus gave clear instruction - rather than bother with same-sex marriage, about which Jesus was mute.

My bet is that many 'Christians' would find reasons why divorce/remarriage laws shouldn't be changed.

Spot on! For Labor to win they need Catholics, obviously limiting their religious liberty is not going to attract them. The blue labor movement is the future, but it looks like Tony will that space before it gets going.

only a right wing Christstain would vote on this issues alone and they are hardly likely to vote green. As with most christstain logic the very basis of your argument is wrong.

Well, if Jesus walked amongst us today, with his single status and obvious preference for male companionship, he may well have been judged as gay?
And then crucified all over again by people who have conferred a self conferred right on themselves, to judge and or deny others, the rights they consider their very own birthright!
The Christian message is unequivocal in its universal love message, or doing unto ALL others, as you would be done unto!
SSM may well not have registered with the gay community or changed very many voting intentions, given its apparent late inclusion and or its extremely limited part of the campaign message; and indeed, all the other competing issues, and the self destroying infighting in Labour ranks?
Even so, it might well have prevented a disaster becoming an absolute rout!
That said, this issue should be decided by a referendum, which could be included in a number of other pressing questions, that ought to be decided by the people.
Like say whether or not, we should recognize our first peoples in the constitution, whether or not an Australian should be our constitutional head, rather than a foreign Monarch? Who now argues against us and our interests, whenever they conflict with Britain's!
And a mother country, which now treats Australians, its wartime ally as aliens, all while allowing Europeans, and former enemies, virtually unfettered access/entry?
Let the people decide!
Rhrosty.