Suseonline, " I couldn't care less if 2 consenting adults of the ..." Well why not 3, 4, ... consenting adults? It wouldn't be compulsory to get into a polygamous marriage and the sky wouldn't fall in.

Robocop

Yee should not be gruntled.

There should be no backdoor efforts towards "3, 4, ... consenting adults?"

Gaybots deserve respect today.

Phanto: It should have to say "do you support a change in the legislation" to which I could truthfully say no.

OK well. It should have to say "Do you support a change in the legislation to allow Gay Marriage in Australia." Yes/No.

The less words the more unambiguous.

Dustin: Should same-sex couples should have the same rights as opposite sex couples? Of course, but they fail the eligibility criteria when it comes to marriage.

Except for raising Children. A definite, No no.

SOL: and the sky won't fall in...

You don't know that. ;-)

Suseonline:

“Personally, I couldn't care less if 2 consenting adults of the same sex want to get married or not. Who are we to deny them this chance of happiness if that is what they want?”

But they already can get married. ‘We’ are not denying them. What they cannot have is a marriage certificate issued by the government. Do you think that the definition of marriage is a relationship which must be sealed by the issue of a certificate from the government?

It is impossible to have this discussion without making that distinction. You can’t have any discussion unless you agree on the meaning of words and it seems that the word marriage can have several meanings.

Too many people hide behind this ambiguity to make the situation for same-sex couples seem worse than what it is.

Jayb:

"The less words the more unambiguous"

Not in this case. The word marriage is ambiguous in meaning.

Phanto, the Government says we need an official marriage license, not me.
It is currently not legal for gays to marry.
But as you ask, no I don't think we need a Government approval to marry, but I guess they want to make sure there is no illegal bigamy, or underage marriage.

Dustin

Your argument is essentially circular – gays can’t marry, because marriage can’t be between two people of the same sex.

Many cultures throughout the world discriminate legally and culturally against women, as did ours until fairly recently. It doesn’t make it right.