Foxy, "The marriage survey result shows that Australia is better than our politicians give us credit for"

That is a switch. It is the 'Progressives', the leftists, who sledge Australians with allegations of all manner of foul 'isms'.

It is good though that Australians have been confirmed as tolerant and accepting.

I see it as utterly invalid to try to re-evaluate the result by doing calculations showing that 'Yes' got less than 50% of the potential vote. Equally a mere 30% voted 'No'. We can't give the apathetic vote veto status. Democracy can't work that way.

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So "what happens now?".

Well we are told, every time we slip a little further down the slippery slope, that there is no slippery slope so clearly we won't be slipping any further down that which doesn't exist. So this is obviously the end of all the 'progressive' demands on this issue. <sarc off>

On the other, I see a few further issues (which absolutely aren't slippery nor sloppy) which might arise. I'd guess that the next push will be to enforce adherence to the new paradigm. Anyone voicing opposition to SSM will be hounded irrespective of whether the new legislation purports to protect them or not. Celebrants demurring to officiate at homosexual weddings will be excoriated and forced out of the industry. Churches likewise will be attacked and protested against such that the will seek to keep their heads down. Any research done into SSM which doesn't reach the approved results will be treated as homophobic and will be effectively career-ending. Thus no such research will reach the light of day.

Ultimately the aim will be to teach dissenters that opposition is worse than useless so as to clear the path for further 'reforms'.

There will be a contest between the polyamory lobby and the transsexuals as to which grievance group will be next cab off the rank .

In the same way as we started to see, about a decade ago, only positive depictions of homosexuals in popular culture look for positive depictions of polyamorous groups - "Three's Company" meets "Modern Family". But I think the Transsexual lobby will gain the main support of the 'progressive' next since they are already halfway there. Look for the outrage at some used-to-be bloke denied entrance to the girls loo, or not called "madam" by some hapless shop owner.

But its all OK because equality.

leoj,

Not at all. It just shows that times are changing,
at least for some. People remember a different
Australia when open displays of same sex affection
were greeted with violence rather than celebration.

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 for the way both major parties
have treated the issue ever since.

But as I stated earlier the marriage survey result shows
that Australia is better than our politicians give us
credit for.

Really Big Nana?... Do I now have to explain the difference between someone calling themselves questioning or queer and others using queer as a derogatory term to discriminate and belittle people?

The people here aren't using it in a nice way... WAKE UP!

They are using a deliberately chosen, bigotted term against the whole group of people who have different sexual orientations to them... They are truly ugly, hate-filled people!

You do realise that when a person who is different to you, uses a word like queer about themselves, that this is a method of disempowering the hurt contained in that word... Did you realise that?

It's like African Americans using the word Nigga ... It doesn't mean that the rest of us should then go back to using the other N word with the er on the end.

Trust me... I can tell when a bigot uses a discriminatory word to hurt others - they are obviously cowards!

So what's next ? Since there is no slippery slope - that's just anti- propaganda - we won't hear demands to legalise surrogacy, or for changes in adoption law, etc. ? Anybody taking bets ?

Joe

It appears that the hatred and mendacity of the No
campaign still lives on for some. What a dismal
glimpse of the narrow confines of some minds.