Greg...you said....
"Let's look a little closer at Larry Anthony's position. Presumably he wants the ABC to stick to showing the traditional family formula - mum, dad and the kids. This familial arrangement is, according to most conservatives, the ideal. The implication is that because it involves parents of different gender, it should therefore be accorded more respect and reverence than alternatives."

So.. here it is.. the "Greg Barnes manual on 'make it up as you go' morality. Greg..next you will be telling us that 'cross species' family arrangements are ok.. and then u will join up with some protest group and politicize it with words like 'SPECIPHOBIA' or the such like. The MOMENT that you suggest 'alternative's in the way u did, you are taking a path that leads to just one place. NEITSCHE and Nihilism. I'm so glad your NOT with the Liberals and that you are now with the most irrelevant party in Australian Politics. Watch the next state (Vic) election and see how Family First goes.. and how your approach to 'family' is regarded by clear thinking Australians.