Comments on: ‘Politicians should get to work on what we elected them to do’

By: Chris Moore

Chris Moore — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 17:40:34 +0000

Some people, like John Abbott above, are so ill-informed, and ignorant on this subject!

Firstly, Justice Kirby joined the High Court in 1996, homosexuality was not against the law! He ‘came-out’ in 1999, and kept his position till 2009.

Secondly, Justice Kirby, like many who agree with marriage equality, see the waste of $170M , when we have a ‘budget crisis’. Also no matter the outcome, if the plebiscite had over 70% acceptance, the government can still reject it! Showing a total waste of that money.

Not all same sex couples want to have children, so millions of ‘our children’ will be safe! In case you didn’t know Mr Abbott, there are quite a lot of same sex couples already raising their ‘own’ children!

The term LGBTIQ incorporates more than gays, or queers, that you have stated! By the way, historically, those terms were the work of the hetro-sexual community, more as derogatory terms. Which you seem to still believe.

And lastly, why have a plebiscite to change the marriage law?
John Howard didn’t use a plebiscite to discriminate against same sex couples in his change of the marriage act in 2004.

Read up a bit and listen to some of the conversations, before you make blanket statements!

By: Mercedes

Mercedes — Sat, 13 Aug 2016 01:20:49 +0000

In reply to John Abbott. So many stupid, ignorant statements in one comment. Absolutely wrong on every single count, what's it like being a complete fool you idiot !!

By: John Abbott

John Abbott — Wed, 10 Aug 2016 22:42:38 +0000

Mr. Kirby has not indicated how he deceived the people of the Commonwealth of Australia in that at the time he took his seat as a High Court Judge he was an active homosexual which at the time was against the law and thus, by all probabilities, Michael Kirby deceived his way to sit as a Judge of the High Court while existing laws deemed him a criminal. Now, Mr. Kirby wants to deny me of a chance to express my concerns at homosexuals adopting our children by opening the final door to adoption – marriage.
Mr. Kirby also neglects to discuss how the issue of so called same sex marriage which in actual fact is the union of homosexual couples has been before our Federal Parliament more than once and indeed many times and each time rejected and each time brought before the Parliament again and again.
Time to stop the guess work and let us the people decide. After all, if homosexuals are so proud to be homosexuals let them say so and not use deceptive words such as “gay” or LGBTIQ community which includes queers (Q) and if these people’s claims that the majority of Australians agree with them getting married then why shy from a plebiscite – another deception? Could it be that they have been lying about most people agree with same sex marriage??