SSM Plebiscite

[mateinone]

I have a question...

On the surface for anyone immature enough to not look at what is being asked it will be dismissed.
But for any that suggest this is a human rights issue and therefore no one has any rights to say no or pass judgment.
I ask this..

Should incestuous marriage be allowed?
I mean 2 consenting adults who are in love with each other... Currently they would face jail time.
But the reason they would  face jail time is that others are passing judgment over their love.

Now I don't have an issue with same sex marriage and I do have an issue with incestuous relationships, but that is my personal opinion and it is an opinion that I do openly pass, but isn't that essentially a judgment based on my own  moral compass on what I think is acceptable and what is not?

Now this isn't scare monger tactics either... I don't for one second think this is the next item on the agenda. I don't think that allowing those in same sex relationships to marry will see a string of incestuous relationships. In short I 100% believe there is NO CORRELATION between the two. That is not what I am saying at all.

I am asking, why is it okay that we are allowed to have an opinion that one love is okay and one is not? Are we not all then guilty of projecting our own moral compasses onto others?

In essence if no one has the RIGHT to an opinion formed from their own judgement on the relationship between 2 consenting adults, does that not include other non traditional relationships?

Why is it okay to pass one judgment, but not the other?

The thing is, it probably isn't politically correct to pass a judgment, but it is human.
Most humans in Australia are now comfortable with the thought of same sex marriage I believe and as such that is how they will vote. However there are others that for various reasons believe that the traditional unity is one between man & women and I think they are entitled to that view.

I said 1-2 weeks ago that the reason I won't vote yes, is that I believe the Yes campaign is run with a mob bullying mentality and it has got worse. The attacks on those wanting to express their own beliefs in a non-harassing open way, by those afraid of people having a different view actually makes me detest the campaign. This by the way for a non-binding, non-mandatory opinion poll.

Whilst I am in the "I support, but won't vote" camp at the moment. I can openly state that this campaign continues to draw me away from voting, not bringing me closer.

There was an incident at Sydney University this week, that on the information I have been able to find, appears to be another example of this.
A couple of people exercising their right to inform others they do have a right to make their own decision in a vote.
They are surrounded by approximately 200 people who start ripping up their banners, apparently suggest they would like to stomp on their heads, throw glitter and other items at them. The police step in and when they pull away one of the aggressors the mob  mentality starts a chant of "let him go" "let him go"... Would it be okay if a group of a few hundred No voters, started to get aggressive with Yes Voters campaigning?

I don't see the marriage rights as a fundamental issue in Australia or anywhere. I think they should have the right to marry, but it isn't something I feel strongly on. I also think it will happen. This year, next year, the year after... It will happen.

I feel very strongly though about everyone having the right to free speech, free thought and not being bullied by mobs as I have said before.

And above I have used a fairly extreme example to show that all of us have some moral guide that tells us what we do find acceptable in society and what we don't.

And the way to change that is by discussion, by education, by legislation.

In Canberra a lady fired a worker for stating on their Facebook profile that it is "Okay to vote no"
After many posted supporting and against her post, she added a number of edits suggesting that it wasn't just because the person wrote that and it wasn't actually an employee, but a contractor not renewed example..
Almost like she had legal advise that told her you cannot sack someone for their political beliefs.....  :

Hang on... Not only is her employee entitled to believe that it is okay for people to say no, her employee is entitled themselves to vote that way.

Just imagine for 1 second that employers who were against same sex marriage started firing employees who stated it was okay to vote YES. They would (quite rightly) be ridiculed for attacking someone's right to vote as their beliefs dictate.

This campaign has brought out a really ugly bigoted side of Australia and it is not the side one might have expected when this first began (in my opinion anyway).