I have only just looked at this site as I have been pretty busy, and I'm not going to read all 20 pages thus far. So if I repeat something someone else has written I apologise.
I reckon that 90% of the public would not have an issue voting yes, IF the word marriage was not used to describe a same sex union. If it was called a Civil Union performed by a celebrant and a Civil Union certificate was issued, or a Rainbow Union, a politician recently referred to her family as a "Rainbow Family", only the most fanatical religious individuals would oppose it.
Why is it, that heterosexual couples who have lived together for years, have accepted the term De-facto to describe their union, or partnership, yet the Gay community find it impossible to come up with a term to describe their union. At least De-facto couples have enough respect for the term marriage which has been the term used for a man and a woman who go through a civil or religious ceremony to become man and wife, not to hijack it.
I have many Gay friends, two in particular, who have been a couple for 15 years, and are voting no. When I asked why, they said that they deplore the bully tactics being used by the Gay lobby, and they cannot understand the fixation with the Gay lobby wanting to use the word marriage to describe their SS union.
Finally, I am absolutely disgusted at that hypocrite Gillon McLaughlin. Our club was correct when they said it is up to individuals to vote how they see fit.
But what is so disgraceful about that goose Gillon, is that on the one hand he decides that the AFL are going to take a stand which has to alienate at least 40% of the Afl's supporters, some AFL members are not going to renew their memberships, but this hypocrite sees no conflict of interest in the AFL taking millions of dollars in sponsorship money from Etihad.
Etihad is the Qatari national airline. Not only are Qatar, along with Iran major sponsors of terrorism, but they have a law they enforce, and hang Homosexuals and Lesbians. And you can forget about women having any rights in the Country. Women can't even attend a soccer match there or drive car. But it is their abominable, disgusting murdering of Gays, that makes Gillon's "taking a stand" such hypocrisy.
Give back the money, Gill, then maybe you might have half a leg to stand on you hypocrite.
I reckon that 90% of the public would not have an issue voting yes, IF the word marriage was not used to describe a same sex union. If it was called a Civil Union performed by a celebrant and a Civil Union certificate was issued, or a Rainbow Union, a politician recently referred to her family as a "Rainbow Family", only the most fanatical religious individuals would oppose it.
Why is it, that heterosexual couples who have lived together for years, have accepted the term De-facto to describe their union, or partnership, yet the Gay community find it impossible to come up with a term to describe their union. At least De-facto couples have enough respect for the term marriage which has been the term used for a man and a woman who go through a civil or religious ceremony to become man and wife, not to hijack it.
I have many Gay friends, two in particular, who have been a couple for 15 years, and are voting no. When I asked why, they said that they deplore the bully tactics being used by the Gay lobby, and they cannot understand the fixation with the Gay lobby wanting to use the word marriage to describe their SS union.
Finally, I am absolutely disgusted at that hypocrite Gillon McLaughlin. Our club was correct when they said it is up to individuals to vote how they see fit.
But what is so disgraceful about that goose Gillon, is that on the one hand he decides that the AFL are going to take a stand which has to alienate at least 40% of the Afl's supporters, some AFL members are not going to renew their memberships, but this hypocrite sees no conflict of interest in the AFL taking millions of dollars in sponsorship money from Etihad.
Etihad is the Qatari national airline. Not only are Qatar, along with Iran major sponsors of terrorism, but they have a law they enforce, and hang Homosexuals and Lesbians. And you can forget about women having any rights in the Country. Women can't even attend a soccer match there or drive car. But it is their abominable, disgusting murdering of Gays, that makes Gillon's "taking a stand" such hypocrisy.
Give back the money, Gill, then maybe you might have half a leg to stand on you hypocrite.