As public support for same-sex marriage grows, politicians are being pushed to keep up.
One of the most insidious and silly parts of the opposition to marriage equality is that it would be “allowing” same-sex couples to have the same rights as heterosexual couples. Human rights are human rights, irrespective of sexuality; they exist, they are not bestowed. It is absurd and shameful that an entire segment of our community is blocked from marrying the person they love.
Arguments against same-sex marriage are based on anything but logic, decency and justice. They are emotive, prejudiced and steeped in fear, sometimes even hatred, as were arguments against universal suffrage or for slavery and, locally, for the White Australia policy, which for decades institutionalised racism.
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