La Trobe University professor Dennis Altman, a gay rights pioneer, has described the gay marriage campaign as “self-indulgent crap...I mean people around the world are being tortured for being homosexual...and people here carry on as if [gays] not being allowed to marry was a huge abuse of civil rights.” I believe Dennis has a point. There are some serious abuses of people with a homosexual persuasion occurring right now in other places of the world. People are being killed by the government which is a terrible tragedy. Effort to change that should be put in those places. Thankfully this is not happening here in Australia. Having said that "Marriage is between a man and a woman" and to say this is discrimination because two men are not granted this so called right is utterly preposterous. Marriage is all about the difference between a man and a woman and the challenge of resolving that difference in a lifelong union. Marriage is all about gender reconciliation. Marriage is all about the complimentarity of the male and the female. Marriage is all about finding love in and through that difference and producing children who will learn from their own mother and father the truth of that love. Children need a mother and a father. Marriage is the best way to preserve and guarantee that biological right that children have to a mother and a father. It is time we put our children first and not last. Marriage is what it is and no amount of Orwellian social engineering will ever change that.

Wolf said ""If they could only get over their obsession with homosex, we might actually be able to have a good discussion.""

Like i said before there seems to be an awful lot written at OnLinOPinion about Homosex by ppl against Gay Marraige BUT there are lots more dangerus things around than a few Queers and Lezzos who want to get hitched

Im a Christian so I dont approve of Homosex but its not up to me to force my believes on Other's they can get married by Celebants like most ppl seem to these days

I think Wolf is right some ppl here DO seem to be OBSESED with Homosex they should look into theyr hearts and find out whats really on their minds.

Really nice comments here. many comments are laced with hatred and
nasty comments towards the author when he has done nothing but state
facts that are quite spot on, accurate. The gay agenda has been around for a very long time and dismantling the institution of marriage as most know it, as between and a women, is one of the goals.

Sorry but calling two gay men or lesbians in a committed 'relationship' and wanting to become married is just wrong. You can say it is about equality, diversity and all that bunk and many straight and gays of course, buy into this tripe. This is part of the gay agenda, the dismantling of one of many institutions that is a proven bedrock and cornerstone of any successful society. Call if a civil union and let us straight folks have marriage as it should be. Marriage is way more than sex between a committed couple. To cheapen it down to this level is as nasty as what some of you have accused the author of. You should be ashamed of yourselves but are so full of hatred and your gay agenda. That is way more sad and tragic than the truth of Bill's article.

A study of 2500 homosexual men in the fight against HIV and yet some people still think it's about equality, fairness and justice to legalised same-sex/homosexual marriage, can anyone see that is just "simply not right/meant to be" for homosexual relationship or is it just me?
http://www.theage.com.au/national/experts-hail-new-weapon-for-hiv-20101124-187e0.html

I agree with Peter Hume, can anyone tell me why the government has anything to do with marriage? I say remove the marriage act completely and let the people decide for themselves if/when/how they marry.

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