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Reasons for changing marriage remain flawed : Comments

By Murray Campbell, published 10/7/2015

The espoused 'equal love' cry is not an argument for monogamous life-long marriages, but an argument for embracing any kind of genuinely loving relationship as marriage.

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The article ends with the statement "Given that this is the case, it would not only be unwise but incongruous for Australia to change the universal and historic understanding of marriage."

The statement is a lie. There is no universal and historic understanding of marriage. Polygamy is recognised in many current and historical societies. In Tibet it took the form of polyandry - one woman with many husbands. In American Indian society Berdache or same sex marriage was also a recognised form of marriage. If one argues from a lie one can possibly prove anything.
Posted by david f, Friday, 10 July 2015 7:37:15 PM
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There's a missing clause in the argument:

1. Legalising homosexual marriage will cause people to agitate for the recognition of marriages between multiple partners, and marriages between people who are related.

2. This is bad because...

And I was unable to find anything in the article which allowed me to complete premise 2.
Posted by Jon J, Saturday, 11 July 2015 6:25:49 AM
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Cherful,
Same sex partnerships have literally nothing in common with opposite sex unions, they're two completely different things, that's why they had to come up with slogans like "Equal Love" and "Marriage Equality".
Everyone knows that two people of the same gender can never be really married even if the state allows it, we as a society already discriminate between good and bad marriages, sham and sincere etc.
The state recognises many things and makes many rules which we as people ignore or openly denigrate as stupid, pointless or counterproductive, legal same sex marriage would be just another example of how out of touch the political castes are from the rest of society, it'll widen the gulf between the "progressive" ruling class and the conservative working classes.
Posted by Jay Of Melbourne, Saturday, 11 July 2015 9:23:57 AM
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This matter needs to be put to rest via a public plebiscite.

The only thing we have absolute control or a real choice over, is the thoughts we care to entertain in our heads; and through them our attitudes!

At the end of the day our responsibility is to ourselves and the man or woman looking back at us in the mirror!

Conduct yourselves as you believe, according to your lights and allow others the same privilege!

Only God not the "self appointed" moralists or a stone age book of contradictions or patent untruth, penned by men alone, can judge whether or not they're flouting his law!

However, given they and their natural aberration sexual orientation also like a left handed masturbater, are his creations; that they flout a God given law, can hardly be true can it? 99 change hands.
Bring on the plebiscite!
Rhrosty.
Posted by Rhrosty, Saturday, 11 July 2015 12:09:41 PM
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R: " their natural aberration sexual orientation also like a left handed masturbater"

Ah, now it's so clear. This was really about some people being afforded the "dignity" and "equality" of marrying their left hands.

And that's meant to be "equal" to the hopeful and life-affirming union of man and woman in actual marriage, as demonstrating the achievement of the opposite sexes' dynamic intimacy and maturity ?

With this sham Gay "marriage" it is, yet again, the Too Big To Fail celebrating their failure, a pompous and insulting farce just like its prophetic warning in the "marriage" scene of Pasolini's 'Salo'
Posted by mil.observer, Saturday, 11 July 2015 2:48:00 PM
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This argument has been so politicised that our representatives need to abrogate the decision to the people. Hold a plebiscite on the matter then everyone can 'just shut up'.
Posted by Prompete, Saturday, 11 July 2015 5:13:26 PM
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