Yes indeed. What about homosexual couples who do not wish to 'marry'? The ones who voted NO along with heterosexuals in the 40%.

That's the trouble with cultural Marxists like the vixen and her mob who want governments to make decisions for them, protect them, and live their lives for them by enacting laws; they can only think group-think; they need a gang; they can't think outside the square. These people are like pack animals. There is little about them that is individual. They can only think and do what the group says they can. In this case, they have been totally unaware that people who do act and think as individuals are are also to be found among homosexuals.

Dear Yuyutsu,

We have covered this ground many times before with
you. And yet you still persist. Same-sex marriage
has not been legally allowed ever since then
Prime Minister John Howard amended the Marriage
Act in 2004 to read that marriage was to be only
between a man and a woman, to the exclusion of
all others.

Now this has been changed.

ttbn,

Nobody is going to force anyone who doesn't want
to get married to get married. The law now allows
those that do want to get married and have their
marriages legally recognised to be able to do so.
There is nothing sinister about that.

As for your earlier reference to my making up
statistics. That again is nonsense. The statistics
are crystal clear. The results of the postal survey
told us what we already knew via the opinion polls.
That 6 out of ten Aussies were in favour of same-sex
marriage. The people who did not vote had their
chance to be heard. They did not use that opportunity.
The ones who did vote decided for them. They have no
one to blame but themselves. And carrying on about it
now is a bit late.

Dear Foxy,

Yes, we have covered this ground many times before, yet you still persist.

Australia has no law against picking your nose - hence picking your nose is legal in Australia: you don't need a law to tell you that it is OK to pick your nose.

No Australian police ever arrested anyone for picking their nose, nor for marrying a same-sex partner. No Australian court ever convicted, fined or jailed anyone for picking their nose, nor for marrying a same-sex partner. Such activities were always legal. You didn't used to receive a certificate, nor extra privileges from government for marrying a same-sex partner (now you do, provided you inform the government about it), but you didn't used to receive a certificate nor extra privileges for picking your nose either (you still don't).

Dear Foxy,

«Nobody is going to force anyone who doesn't want to get married to get married.»

True, not force - but still pressure.

Unmarried couples are still prevented from going into medical facilities to say good-bye to their dying partners, so this may pressure them into legally-marrying, even when they otherwise don't want to legally marry.

You see, the marriage-equality issue could have been used as a lever to, once and for all, solve that painful situation - but the opportunity was missed and unmarried couples (heterosexual or homosexual, it really makes no difference) will continue to suffer.

Dear Yuyutsu,

There were/are no laws legislated concerning the
picking of noses or the scaratching of butts in
this country (although exposing your rear-end is
a different matter). However there were laws
legislated - - called the Marriage Act that
did not allow same-sex marriages to be legally
recognised.

I think that we're going to go around in circles
once again - and you just either don't seem to
get it - or you don't want to get it.
Either way - I don't have the time to continue this
argument with you.

Cheers.