Changes to the Marriage Act could even save lives, Nigel Featherstone writes
It’s as though we’re on a merry-go-round: round and round we go but we don’t actually get anywhere. All we get are spinning heads and headaches and a wish – a burning desire even – that we can get off this wretched thing and get back to living our lives. Except some of us can’t live our lives, not fully, because the law’s not on our side.
Yet again the Australian government is investigating the pros and cons of allowing same-sex couples to marry, and yet again I find myself sitting at my desk, wanting to have a voice about this. So here it is, my voice: I, Nigel G. Featherstone, Australian citizen, a humble scribe, fully support any amendment to the Marriage Act that allows gay couples to tie the knot.
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