I think we should keep the debate on homosexuality down to the nuts (pun) and bolts of the argument. The difficulty is to keep emotions out of it, but, equally helpful is to also keep individual prejudice sidelined. If that can be achieved then some sense can be made from the debate.

Tolerating adults sodomizing each other in a civilized community is one thing. Having them promote their very anti family lifestyle and disease and calling it marriage turns the stomach of many.

The thing that all the anti-homosexual posts here have (and will have) in common is a complete lack of evidence. Runner, for instance, regularly conjures up these "disease" accusations, but has yet to provide any proof of his argument. And Kasperle has fallen into the bizarre belief that homosexuality can be taught to children, like multiplication tables. I suggest that anyone who believes homosexuals can recruit heterosexuals to their "lifestyle" is closet homosexual in denial.

The ALP pre-election stated that they would amend the 58 federal inequities, that were of a disadvantage to same sex couples the Humam Rights commission had revealed in their report.
Post election the ALP government discovered that these federal inequities truely totalled near 100. (It should be noted that the previous government stated they would address this issue, but did not!)
This legislation was put before the house of representatives,passed, and sent to the Senate for resolution.
The Coalition still having control of the Senate, insisted on a Senate committee to review the legislation.
We now have a situation whereby the oppostion contradicts itself, by filibustering government legislation that morally rights the wrongs towards same sex couples.
The coalition opposition, is interfering in the rights of members of the Australian community.

Maybe the gay bashers here can move to Dubai.

The job opportunities are excellent and they gave short-shrift to homosexuals.

See:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/01/world/middleeast/01dubai.html

I just love the reply that I suggest that one can teach homosexual behaviour etc. What a fool.
It is obvious to any nut that the meaning was
"influence and example and all that goes with it" in regards to the education of children.
I may remind you that in communist countries the education system started out by bringing very young and impressionable children into line with the madness of the state ideology and this was done very subtly at first. Then after the first stage of brainwashing things taught were the norm.
Don't not tell me that homosexuals do not send their message out very clearly because that is a lie and I refuse to have that garbage introduced to my kids until they are adults when they can decide properly for themselves. That is my right as a parent and if you do not like it maybe you could go to Arabia or somewhere where you will have the freedom that you so abuse here stripped from you.