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Thoughts on the plebiscite : Comments
By Michael Thompson, published 24/8/2016Opposition to a plebiscite basically assumes that the public will vote against gay marriage, so a plebiscite shouldn't be held because the public have no rights in this matter.
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<<Homosexual behaviour, notwithstanding how you cut it, is basically sodomy, and those who practice it, are sodomites !>>
So what about lesbians? What about gay male couples who don’t practice anal sex (yes, they exist)? And why state that those who practice sodomy are sodomites? Isn’t that second part redundant? Or did you just add that last bit to express your contempt for gay people?
<<When I first joined the job back in mid 1960's, Long Bay had an entire wing dedicated to housing these sodomites, and they were officially described as 'non associates'.>>
Yes, people were very ignorant back then, weren’t they? There’s two islands in Moreton Bay here that they used to keep lepers on too.
<<That said, I don't believe anyone whatever it is they practice in the privacy of their bedroom should suffer any overt discrimination.>>
Just a little bit of discrimination then, eh? How do you determine what is and is not an acceptable level of discrimination?
<<But it would now seem they're no longer content having their sexual practices deemed lawful and 'natural', they want the whole nine yards, proper marriage, with all the vows and other 'stuff' that comes with the union of an adult man and an adult woman.>>
Is there a reason they should not?
<<Why not go the whole hog eh ? Lets lock up all the 'straight' people out there, and legislate to make natural sexual intercourse, between a man and a woman, a crime !>>
A non sequitur slippery slope. Two fallacies rolled in one. Now that takes some flawed thinking!
<<... do I have an aversion to homosexual behaviour ? Absolutely !>>
Interesting. So how do you justify this aversion? Or is it a purely irrational, emotional reaction?