end same sex couple discrimination in Australia

[miriam_e]

Sign the petition at GetUp's site:
http://www.getup.org.au/campaign/EqualBeforeTheLaw

GetUp have helped people achieve great things here recently. By simply adding your name to this petition you can help shock complacent politicians into action. GetUp have shown that politicians don't ignore such massive campaigns, and now with an election coming up they can't afford to neglect us.

71% of Australians, and even 63% of Coalition voters believe same sex couples should have the same rights as hetero couples.

Comments

[annie-lyne.livejournal.com]

They backstabbed Natasha? First I heard of it; she left because of her family. I usually vote for the Democrats.

[miriam-e.livejournal.com]

Nope, before that, I mean. When the Democrats broke their promise about the GST. Natasha was the only one who stood up for it not being applied to books and public transport and some other things. She even crossed the floor and voted against them after the rest of them did a sneaky deal with the Libs. After that the Democrats lost a lot of support and there was a lot of infighting and she resigned as leader, but stayed on in the party. The Libs must have been delighted. They got their GST, destroyed the Democrats, and were instrumental in deposing Natasha, who was more popular than either the prime minister or the leader of the opposition.

I think she's been wanting to leave politics to spend more time with her family in the last year or so. Can't say I blame her. Spending too much time with all those horrid politicians would be terribly wearing on anybody.

You know what I blame for a lot of the evils in politics? School debating. I was very good at it when I was a kid, but quickly became disgusted in it when I realised it had nothing to do with truth -- the opposite, in fact. It was all about point-scoring, and twisting emotions and facts, in order to win. Most politicians are very skillful debaters. Is it any wonder politics is in such a putrid state? [shudder]