It is important to recognize that there is an
immense range in marriage, family, and kinship
patterns and that above all, marriage like any
other social institution, must inevitably
change through time. All this fuss over same
sex marriage comes from a small minority who
believe that their version of marriage is
self-evidently right and proper (and usually
God-given as well). And because they believe
that there is only one "right" form of marriage,
then naturally any change will be interpreted as
heralding the doom of the whole institution.

Lexi sums it up

'It is important to recognize that there is an
immense range in marriage, family, and kinship
patterns and that above all, marriage like any
other social institution, must inevitably
change through time.

That means in a few years those who believe this 'social institution' must inevitably change could be polygamy or marriage to a horse.

The world is about to self implode financially and go to serious war,yet gay marriage is the most important issue we confront?Labor want more votes no matter what the cost."What ever it takes" these words will haunt Labor to their grave.

"yet gay marriage is the most important issue we confront?"

Why does it have to be the most important issue to get attention.
It's a silly piece of discrimination which can easily be fixed without much expense and with no harm except to those who find that marriage may not be all that they'd dreamed of.

runner if you can get a horse to have you and to give a credible consent then go for it.

Follow on from my earlier post.
As I understand the pension when paid to a heterosexual couple is less than two single pensions, would those opposing gay marriage be happy if openly gay couples in receiving the same benefits as two singles while their heterosexual peers got less because of different plumbing?

R0bert

Robert you write

'runner if you can get a horse to have you and to give a credible consent then go for it.'

actually their would be any number of Asian women willing to be the 2nd or 3rd wife in order to get to Australia.

Robert good comment.Perhaps Gay marriage will be good for for us tax payers.ie a gay couple now being catagorised as a married couple who will get a lesser pension.I bet they didn't think that one out.