LeoJ

It's effectively the young singles you agonise over, responsible for the support of gay marriage.

I have little sympathy for the plight of the young singles.

The only single folk denied equal rights have been gay! And like all gays, possibly on average pay more tax pro rata, as a demographic than other tax payers, particularly married folk! And a demographic, that the tax paying gay community has supported with their taxes! Even loej's parents?

So any argument that singles will suddenly be forced to support a special interest group falls flat on its face right there!

Anyway, it's time we had real not fraudulent tax reform so that all those liable ought be obliged to pay a fair share! And no more than that, regardless of their income levels or gender bias/natural orientation!

And as an unavoidable simple transparent FAIR system that's far more expensive to avoid than simply pay, as do all other law abiding tax paying citizens!

A very wise man once said, at some point complexity always becomes fraud! Quote unquote.

Finally not everything included in or dug up in our bible is necessarily attributable to the Master or the mighty irrefutable truth! Just medieval cultural conformity and needs readdressing and redefining as.

As a man speaking for me and not knowing my mind, speaks his own mind only or with a forked tongue! Let him walk on water and demonstrably heal with just the laying on of hands first! If he would speak for me!
Alan B.

The number of people living alone is underestimated because many may have a dependent such as a child living with them.

Demographics,
"One in four Australian households is a lone-person household. .

Key messages

Living alone is slightly more common with women than men, and the chance of living alone increases with age.

Women who live alone are, on average, older than men who live alone.

Separation is a significant driving factor for living alone in middle age.

Women who live alone have higher education levels, are higher income earners and are more likely to be professionals than women living with others.

Men who live alone have lower levels of education, are lower income earners and are more likely to be in less prestigious jobs than those living with others.

Living alone is increasingly on the public radar. One in four Australian households is a lone-person household, and rates have increased sharply since the 1970s.

Throughout the Western world lone-person households have become increasingly common, and this trend is spreading to non-Western countries."

http://aifs.gov.au/publications/demographics-living-alone

This is a large voting bloc that is callously disregarded and discriminated against by political parties. However some sectors of it have previously caused politicians to pay attention, such as when the aged vote swings.

Back to that unanswered question which is why should singles be forced to subsidise the love choices of Gays, or anyone else for that matter?

diver dan, "It's effectively the young singles you agonise over, responsible for the support of gay marriage"

Like everyone else they were sold a pig in a poke. They are the unfortunate generations that were most susceptible to the prevailing political correctness in schools and the media, ABC particularly, having grown up with it and knowing no better.

But I am not arguing for or against SSM, just wanting to know what possible justification there is for discriminating against singles and burdening them with thousands more to carry. If 'marrieds' want special conditions for their chosen 'married' status let them pay for those privileges.

Why should singles be compelled to subsidise the 'love' choices of others?

the abc discriminates almost daily. They hate white hetro dads. In their eyes they have ' white male privilege'. Total hypocrites as they bang on about discrimination more than most.

History has proven, and the public know, that the govt can never be trusted to do the people's bidding. They serve a greater master. They know that people either don't care or don't know. More importantly we feel we have no say. By that I mean, we can write all the emails, rally all we want, it is all to no avail. Once we have done the only thing they need us for, the election, we have then passed on the job of making decisions to the govt. They then proceed to do their masters bidding. That's not us. Because the public are not in a position to make fully informed decisions, they vote with only a fraction of the facts and 100% of the bullshite spewed out by those vying for office. A majority, yes majority, vote for the idiots who make the most promises or give away enough lollies because the Aussie public are more like children. They will get off their arse to march for some stupid cause but not something which is fundamental to our wealth and well being. I am for freedom to discriminate as it allows me to speak my mind. To do otherwise makes one's comments moot. Political correctness should be banned as it is the legally and socially accepted means to lie.