Quote:
Originally Posted by chriskisn
Over here in Australia it seems to be the politicians and the churches that are opposed to gay marriage. The general population (except the older generations) are pretty cool with it here too but we keep having the tired old arguments about marriage between a man and a woman. It is only in the past year or so that gay couples have received the same rights as hetrosexual couples (in terms of de-facto relationships, inheritance, etc).
For a forward thinking nation Australia can be a bit backward in some of its views. I've never understood where politicians get the right to tell people what to do with their personal lives...
|
I am just too lucky that the church here does not have as much power as it does in some other countries. Of course I don't have problem with people practicing religion, but I have a problem with religion interfering in peoples lives. As for politicians... I don't know what to say. I know how those people work. I had a long relationship with a guy who was in politics, and I can tell you that in order to do that job, you have to be deprived of any sense of humanity. Believe me when I say that there is no such thing as honest and good politician.