Foxy,

Remembering that as I have supported SSM from when I started on OLO in 2007 and before this is a commentary on the process and not the outcome.

In 2004 when Howard made the changes to the legislation, Labor made no protest and voted for the changes.

In Sept 2010 Labor MPs incl Gillard, Wong, Plibersek etc stood in front of the Australian voters and pledged that SSM was not Labor policy and that the existing legislation would not be changed in the 2010/3 term of parliament.

In 2013-2015 Labor incl the greens and those above were actively advocating for a plebiscite praising the Irish example right up to the point of TA making a plebiscite coalition policy. And in a display of rank opportunism Labor and the greens blocked the only route to SSM by stopping a plebiscite and delaying SSM by at least a year.

The vastly successful plebiscite clearly demonstrated the wish of the country and opened the path to SSM by year end.

Paul,

You coming from the party of the worst time and money wasters in the country means I am happy to ignore your baseless ravings. PS wipe the spittle from your computer screen.

Dear Shadow Minister,

I shall repeat what I stated earlier -

Marriage is a very old custom, but in many ways a
modern construction. As many have pointed out,
the current law dates back only to 2004, when a
cynical John Howard amended the Marriage Act to
mandate heterosexuality, and to outlaw same-sex
marriage overseas.

It was an act of political opportunism that has set
the tone from the way both major parties have treated
the issue ever since.

This is no time to continue to play the blame game.
It is now time as our PM has stated -
"And now it is up to us here in the parliament of
Australia to get on with it - to get on with the
job the Australian people have tasked us to do and get
this done this year, before Christmas. That must be
our commitment".

Hear, hear!

Foxy,

Why do you point the finger of blame and then whenever I point out the flaws in your logic you say not to allocate blame?

Take the log out of your eye first.

Hi Shadow Minister,

As our PM has stated it is now up to
MPs in parliament to get on with the job that the
Australian people have tasked them to do and get this
done this year, before Christmas.

I'm sure that we can both agree on this and keep
politics out of it.