Australian Cabinet Minister Suggests Gays Lucky Not To Be Arrested

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/02/022306ozFlap.htm

A senior Australian cabinet minister has outraged gays and lesbians by suggesting they should give up the fight for same-sex marriage and be content that homosexuality is no longer a crime.

During a gathering of the Sydney Institute, a conservative think tank that holds regular public seminars and panel discussions, Treasurer Peter Costello was questioned by a lesbian couple about his government's refusal to consider either marriage or civil partnerships.

The couple, Dr. Kerryn Phelps, a former president of the Australian Medical Association, and partner Jackie Stricker, were married in 1998 in a ceremony that is not recognized by the government.

Costello said that his government was right in blocking legalized unions for gay couples because marriage should only apply to opposite-sex partnerships.

I mean relative to other former British Commonwealth states like Canada and New Zealand. I get the idea that Australians are similar to us (for the wrong reasons) on the political spectrum.

WHY should it be only opposite-sex couples that get marriages?

Costello you wrinkly old tit.

You're lucky you won't be around to see gay marriage ushered in by the next generation of people who don't share your bigotry and furthermore could care less about what other people do or don't do in the bedroom.

You would just be horrified that people you have never met are doing something you will never see, and are furthermore happy in a way you will never know.

You're lucky you won't be around to see gay marriage ushered in by the next generation of people who don't share your bigotry and furthermore could care less about what other people do or don't do in the bedroom.

...especially when you take into consideration the fact that the majority of this country supports the idea of civil unions.

is on either end of them - but that doesn't mean the fight stops there.

Why do heteros need special rights?