06-01-2015, 11:35 AM
It's never been legalised here before because we are a two political party nation, and it's never been in either of their best interests to push the barrow on the issue. The Liberals would never have offended their conservative loyal stalwarts in the past by even broaching the subject and there was no way the macho blue collar labor die hards were ever going to support a horse's hoof!
We had an openly gay senator for a number of years. He was ridiculed almost to the point of slander, openly, by the press and some of his colleagues. Julia Gillard was an odd one; she renounced religion and wouldn't even swear into office on a bible, was shacked up with s dude of questionable sexual orientation and still refused to give a stance on the issue and swept it to the side.
Only recently, with the more open thinking of the last couple of generations has the tide turned somewhat and people are happy to openly support sane sex marriages. The political parties have picked up on this and are starting to see the mileage in it so watch this space.
We had an openly gay senator for a number of years. He was ridiculed almost to the point of slander, openly, by the press and some of his colleagues. Julia Gillard was an odd one; she renounced religion and wouldn't even swear into office on a bible, was shacked up with s dude of questionable sexual orientation and still refused to give a stance on the issue and swept it to the side.
Only recently, with the more open thinking of the last couple of generations has the tide turned somewhat and people are happy to openly support sane sex marriages. The political parties have picked up on this and are starting to see the mileage in it so watch this space.