Concerned Citizen,
"Why" is a good question. Are governments all that concerned for human rights, or for such things as marriage? Highly debateable.

Do we have a democratic society? Highly debatable.

So wherever possible, people are best NOT to rely too much on government.

Thanx Ringtail.... I try.

"In 1990, Ronald Reagan allowed the CIA to back the Contra Rebels in Nicaragua and overthrow the elected government of Daniel Ortega by military coup. The regime that followed recriminalised homosexuality."

Ronald Reagan wasn't president in 1990, although the CIA had been backing the rebels before that.

The elected government was not overthrown in 1990, there were elections and the leftist government of Ortega was defeated.

Ortega remained president of Nicaragua until 1991.

Get your facts right Brian - what else in you article is not accurate.

t.u.s.

Ringtail,

Everyone discriminates. Discrimination is a part of everyday life for every person. A person discriminates when choosing clothes or food, or which bank to use or who they get to cut their hair etc etc. Gays and others have hijacked this word and made it sound negative. ie. discrimination = bad, tolerance (which is redefined to mean acceptance) = good.

I don't hate homosexuals at all - I just dislike what they do. If anything, I feel sorry for them. They endure a great deal of physical pain from their activities, and mental torment from their inner conflicts, and then die horrible deaths, usually alone, 30-40 years before their time.

AK

jcl
They may not all be trying to convert me to "gaydom" but a few have attempted to do so. As Boaz_David points out some of us know right from wrong.

I am getting older (I am older than the member for Solomon) and uglier besides I no longer drive taxis (where I used to meet such people). So the attempts to lead me into this sin have virtually stopped.

Homo
I hope you got a good night's sleep.

If homosexuality were genetic would it not have been "bred" out by the homosexuals not having any children long before the advent of Artificial Insemination? I say it would have.

Aslan
Did anybody in the ALP support (vote for) the Marriage Amendment Bill 2004? I think not they were not in the senate for the “crucial” vote.

Concerned Citizen
“Human rights” does not include the right of a small minority to over ride the majority.

“Human rights” does not mean the right to continue to molest children.

Ringtail
Most heterosexuals would not be able to do a convincing impersonation of a homosexual. As one gay told me “Heterosexuality oozes from every pore of your body.” Besides when gays have expressed interest in me I have simply informed them that I was not interested, rather than the implied unprintable actions you refer to.

David Boaz - Melbourne wants to cash in on a bunch of guys overly involved in fashion accessories and going out to impress each other and therefore spending large amounts of cash. It is only about money and not about morals at all, which is a bad thing in itself, but pretty much inevitable. Obviously there is a % with an agenda but you have no reason to think it is the majority.

I am not part of the "Gay Lobby" being straight and disinterested in what other people do with their lives (unless I am bored at work and then comment on forums like this! - I know a hypocritical comment) but the government intervention in what I see as a personal decision does bother me. While this issue doesn't affect me, I don't want the governments to be making decisions on other issues which DO affect me.

Ken - As far as them not converting you, I have had guys I am not interested in hit on me, and women too, and after politely saying I am not interested they go away. I have never perceived this as an attempt to change my lifestyle in any way. Of course, I am getting older and uglier too, so it happens less for me too *grin*.