SSM Plebiscite

[Thryleon]

Yes, but gay people exist. Gay people in long term relationships exist. Gay people with children exist. You have gay work mates, gay neighbors etc. Gayness is here to stay. And if I've followed your logic, you're saying the non-religious no voters will vote that way because they reject gayness in its entirety, or that they're trying to send a message / teach gays a lesson. All of which is beyond disgusting.

I know this.

We all (people who are logical) accept this hence why I'm leaning towards Yes, but you have to remember that I have experienced a homosexual at school as young as age 6 (I would have been similar age andhe probabaly didnt know it himself at that age) who couldn't possibly be that way aside from them being born that way.

I have also spent a considerable amount of time working down Commercial road in a hospitality environment.  This gives me perspective that not everyone does.  It normalises the community, because you are with the community more often than not in these settings.  Working in hospitals also leads me into the LBGTI community frequently as it is true that the majority of male nurses are that way inclined, and a lot female nurses prefer the company of females too.  It is what it is.

Not everyone has such extensive normalisation, and I don't think they intend to teach gays a lesson, but rather that they don't accept homosexuality as "normal" (which is a misnomer as the only thing that is normal is the word normal) and tend to believe that homosexuality lives in the realm of mental health issue.

Now, I am stating the arguments on here, and I don't agree with them, but I state it because many of these people will not get these points across and on this forum is the only place I can write it fairly anonymously.  If I even began discussing this publically, I would be branded and outcast and that has far reaching repercussions proffesionally and socially that frankly, would be unfair for me to wear.

Why?  I went to the christening of a little girl less than 6 months ago.  Her two female parents, and the Anglican church they had the christening in and had I not been happy to accept the LBGTI community, I would not have gone.