And thanks Lexi and of course your right.

Ammonite
Sexual preference shouldn't raise an eyebrow and in the future I believe it will be perfectly 'normal'.

However I cannot see the point in one lobby group or one person (it doesn't really matter which) using a long standing children's to push their barrows.

"Aaaahh, the Daily Mail. Gotta love yer work. Still, it does get the old buffers harrumphing into their kedgeree of a morning...
Posted by Pericles"

And the self-appointed commentators from the sidelines. :)

Dear Pelican

One day people will not need to utilise such poor methods to be treated with dignity and respect.

That was my point. I did not wish to add any further fuel to this topic.

Of greater concern is the Christian Lobby's protest outside parliament campaigning for what they consider to be "natural marriage".

Apparently love is only natural for Christian heterosexual people. No-one else need apply.

http://australianchristianlobby.org.au/2011/07/national-marriage-day-rally/

Dear Thinker,
Like Lexi, I too would not trivialise your post, I am with you, I think the sad part about any child is that parents do not let their children be kids for long enough. The disgraceful show of children (girls) being in these appalling so-called beauty pageants is nothing more than child abuse in the extreme. Kids need to be kids, to explore the wonders of life seen through their eyes, let them eat a hand full of dirt once a day, pick up Mum's freshly planted flowers and smell them, roll around with the family dog etc.
With the same sex partnerships, if they love each other enough to spend their lives together, then that is a good thing....Love is the most powerful emotion of all, and tempered with respect, is second to none.
Most same- sexers are usually private about their relationships, what sticks in my craw is the sometimes offensive gestures/dresses in the Mardi-Gras parades, an event which we studiously ignore.....it just trivialises love between couples/people.
Enjoy your day thinker 2
Cheers,
NSB

Ammonite
No argument from me - I did not mean to fuel any particular viewpoint only to say think it a bad idea.

"One day people will not need to utilise such poor methods to be treated with dignity and respect."

Sometimes the tactics used to further a cause often do more harm or miss the point. I know it myself having been involved in various political causes in my youth that some people think the rules and standards they apply to others don't apply to them. Some politicians still think like that :).

I am comforted more by my children's generation who don't think twice about sexuality and where students at my daughter's school accept that sexuality is as variable as any other 'natural' phenomenon. Indeed there is very little uniformity in nature.

Speaking with many other parents their experiences are the same. The children of the baby boomer generation will shape the world long after we are all dead and buried. Maybe even the obsession with culture and ethnicity will fizzle when we all recognise that human beings all originate from the same human tribe.

>> Maybe even the obsession with culture and ethnicity will fizzle when we all recognise that human beings all originate from the same human tribe. <<

:D

I always look forward to reading your posts, Pelican - whether or not we agree, I know you will give me something worthwhile, be it a deeper understanding of an issue or simple reassurance that there are still Pelicans. Long may you continue to soar.