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The wording of existing or previous laws are irrelevant – things can and should change!
Slippery slope argument is crap – We all know not to marry or sister or our dog!
Homosexuality is part of nature – Do some scientific reading people!
Religions should not be forced to be involved – they all have their own imaginary rules which they have the right to follow.
Equality is a very important issue – No-one should be treated differently based on sexual preference!
I have to congratulate both senators on the quality of the debate. It doesn't really change my opinion, but it was good to listen to two articulate verbal warriors, thrash out an issue with civility.
Anymore debates on the way?
Who cares if marriage has "never meant" between a man and a man?
Predictably, Bernardi takes the narrow minded, conservative position that change is inherently bad.
If it makes some people happy, without affecting anyone else (which it doesn't), then utilitarianism demands that we make the change. The greatest happiness for the greatest number. Anything less is selfish and outside the scope of the philosophy from which the liberal party takes its name.
Humans invented marriage - we can make it mean whatever we want. Just like how we changed it to mean the woman isn't owned by the man, or how the parties can actually choose who marry, instead of their parents deciding. Marriage as it exists in Aus today is already a mutated, distant descendant from what it was originally.
Not conservatives , reactionaries.
Refugees, SSM, education, science and technology ,the environment, and so on. Conservative- Nope Nope and well, Nope
It's as though people like Bernardi (and a fair swag of the posters here) seem to think that by stopping same-sex couples having the right to marry, they'll stop them being gay. And for all the doom and gloom about polygamy, there's nothing in the law to stop 3, 4, 10, or 20 people living together as de facto partners - and I'm sure they do - so why the angst about affording them marriage? Just because I wouldn't enter those kinds of relationship doesn't mean that they diminish or threaten my marriage. Grow up and let consenting adults have equal rights.
That is marriage equality, Man with 10 wives, or woman with 10 husbands, or Adam and Steve or Clarence and Eve....but the gay lobby should accept that marriage equality goes beyond same sex...
What about vegetables? They have rights. The slippery slope argument is strong when it comes to human-vegetable marriage. It must be stopped before the rot sets in completely.
It's a bit odd that many of those who oppose SSM hold two inconcisistent views simultaneously, ie:
1. Gay people can have all the rights of straight people, they just can't call it marriage.
2. Gay people shouldn't have the right to have children.
Dags, if this country wants to increase our population without immigration, hetrosexual couples are the preferred source as the can produce their own children.
If SSM is itroduced, Australia cannot promote natural increases in population without promoting adoption, surrogacy, sperm and egg donors etc.
@Kingstondude - so are you saying that all those gay people would go on to have heterosexual marriage and kids if marriage equality wasn't adopted by the government? I'd love to see your reasoning behind how marriage equality can somehow affect the conception rate of heterosexual couples. Seriously though, our national birth rate wouldn't change one iota!
@Jimbo, the Howard Govt attempted to raise our birthrates last decade. The financial incentives were not for "married couples" only, as they included single women.
Result: More single parent families relying on welfare.
When it comes to increasing our birthrate, financial incentives should only be provided to hetrosexual married couples.
Dags, a gay couple are not capable of producing a child together. They need a 3rd party. Gay people can bring up children but that is another story. It also brings up another question, that is the rights of that child.
Interracial marriage and SSM is not the same. Racists and segregationists of the past who objected to interracial marriages were aware of the fact that interracial marriages were real marriages (man & woman) -their issue were the future of new human life. This is a false comparison by Senator Wong.
Just imagine- every human in this world become Gay or Lesbian or Bi; Can you think how the balance will maintain then? Even animal follow one rules..Learn from them.
It would be great. We'd all get over the stupid US v THEM divides and get on with being kind to each other.
Marriage equality will occur - And in 50 years your great grand children will look back on your homophobia and shake their heads at your ridiculous fears
You are aware that legalising same sex marriage doesn't force everyone to marry someone of the same gender, right? Just thought that needed clearing up based on your comment.
Please tell that to my randy black Labrador.
? but there are known instances of true homosexuality in the animal kingdom where the 'norm' is heterosexual relations???
Your point is?
Banjo, my dearly departed black Lab Barney had exactly the same predilection.
Absolutely embarrassing with two male (human) visitors in particular. Hormone shot didn't work, in the end he had to have the chop. To save himself basically from wandering, being a nuisance and for some self respect.
I doubt dear Barney wanted to marry these blokes though. And the blokes certainly didn't want to marry Barney.
"Even animal follow one rules..Learn from them." – Future
Hilariously WRONG! There are many, many gay animals from dogs to dolphins. Do some scientific reading before making such incorrect statements please!
I can recommend you an easy to read book called "50 Genetics Ideas You Really Need to Know". It has a chapter on homosexuality where they mention that 9/10 times a male giraffe is having sex it is with another male.
Its hard enough for straight married couples to adopt, let alone those that are considered a minority or 'different' (race, same sex, singles). If adopting in this country was made easier, then I think a lot more people would consider this as a viable option.
As a hetrosexual man on my second hetrosexual marraige, I just cant understand why hetrosexual people care whether or not gay people get married.
It doesnt affect us if they get married or not, so why all the opposition?
Cory Bernardi will be mowing his lawn at home and not even be aware that somewhere else in Adelaide, a gay couple has been married. Nothing in his life will change.
What exactly are you all firghtened will happen?
It all boils down to religion. Even though religion has nothing to do with the legality of a marriage in Australia, religious people such as Bernardi cannot stomach the thought that someone who he thinks is going to hell, can be married just like him. Sheer mean-spirited like a lot of zealots are. Well done Penny (I'm hetero).
Just hurry up and legislate to recognise civil unions between M/M, F/F for legal purposes (call it marriage if you want) so we can all move on and get to other issues of governance. If the people involved truly love each other and wish to commit to a partnership, that's great. Shouldn't matter what their sexuality is.
It didnt bode well for Bernadi when his reply to the very first question given him was a deception about whether or not he had, in the past, referred to bestialtiy in his slippery slope concerns. Wong reminded him that Hansard has in fact recorded his reference.
Obviously Bernardi adjusts his concerns depending on the audience.
For those who don't understand the equality issue:
Currently de-facto and civil union laws are dictated by the state. As such a couple from Canberra who are on holidays in Queensland will have different laws applied to them because their union is not recognized in that other state. It also allows lawmakers in each state to pick and choose which laws to change, particularly in regards to having children/adoption. Which means that at one point it may be legal for a same sex couple to adopt a child, then if the state decides to change the laws they may no longer be able to adopt a child. This is confusing and hard to comprehend that in one state you could have rights that you don't have in a different state.
Doesn't matter what you call it, but legislating at a federal level is the way to go.
im more inclined to support multipartner marriage than single sex marriage. at least multipartner marriage is far more acceptable in the world (mormon/moslem) than gay/lesbian marriage. single sex partnerships have all the same rights as married couples, to hijack the marriage word is as wrong as hijacking 'gay' as a word.
here we go again..
kudos to benardi to warn us on this.
i'm telling you, polygamy is next to Godliness - look at King Solomon!!
If Wong is to stand with Bernardi against bestiality, will she also stand against polygamy as well? & if so, then who has the right to say that you can not love & be married to more than 1 person? Where does the line in the sand get drawn?
Also, if SSM is allowed to go through, then I would expect that Gay pride marches & the like should cease altogether as well? Or do we have to start having Straight Pride movements just so people know that we actually still do exist?
""Marriage equality is a catchy slogan but has no meaning in reality because there is no legal discrimination between same sex couples."
Except that they can't get married. Which is discrimination. Cory means well, but he needs better arguments than 'who will think of the children' if he wants to win this quickly losing war.
Sorry, but the 'Think of the children' argument is just hollow noise.
Legalizing same sex marriage has no impact on the sex of a child's parents.
Seriously Bernardi, what do you think will happen?
Petty politics and prejudice. Disgusting.
I have no problem with gay couples formalising their relationship.
But, if I start working in a butcher shop, I don't complain that it doesn't sell vegetables. If I am smart, I start a vegetable shop next door.
Why do you have to fit two different things into one system - that creates judgment and polarisation. Why not push for parallel systems - one does not have to be better or worse. They are different. People are different.
You might want to come up with a different analogy instead of referring to one side as vegetables.
How about this argument - would you even know if the gay couple down the road were married and how would that affect you? It wouldn't.
I meet a guy last week who was openly bi. I couldn't help wondering where he fitted into this debate? Which partner does he marry?
So, I'm inclined to agree with Bernadi; once you redefine marriage, there will be pressure to redefine it again, because there will some other group who feel discriminated against.
its a slippery slope, the only one's who want it are the rich minority groups living in inner city making up less then 1 % of Australian population
A great question in these regards Rod. I also wished to the raise the question about polygamous marriages as well (as this would fit in there as well).
Where is the line drawn?
If he is in a relationship with a woman that he chooses to marry, he marries her. If he is in a relationship with a man that he chooses to marry, he marries him. Pretty uncomplicated, I would have thought.
You are aware that just because someone is bi, that doesn't mean they have to be in a relationship with a man and a woman at the same time, right?
Rod, Jake, Indeed
Rod, in no single country out of the 20 odd that have legalised same sex marriage, has there been a push to take it further. Please provide FACTS instead of scare mongering about your concerns.
He may not wish to marry either.
Many people choose to live in de facto relationships as they don't see the necessity of marriage.
Some wish to, and for various cultural practices and personal reasons.
It all comes down to having that choice of equality.
Not a fan of Bernardi but he does make a salient point about a child being denied the natural right of a mother and father. And does this tamper with the human rights of a child? This needs wider debate with the word "homophobic" being bandied about to shut down arguments. I think same sex couples proactively seeking to bring a child into the world needs to be seperated from the wider debate of the rights of two consenting adults to be allowed to be married.
I am for marriage equality but have grave reservations about children being conceived through unorthodox methods. I have no problem with a same sex couple adopting but to proactively bring a child into the world having knowledge before the fact that the child will be denied other a mother or father is something I am concerned about from a human rights perspective.
However the other point is also true that if you are arguing for the rights of children, why deny the rights of adults to be married. Also if you are so concerned about child welfare why do we have some that have been in detention for over a year?
The child raising issue is a red herring/straw man. They have NOTHING to do with each other.
Gay and straight couples have been raising children outside of marriage since time began.
Its hard enough for straight married couples to adopt, let alone those that are considered a minority or 'different' (race, same sex, singles). If adopting in this country was made easier, then I think a lot more people would consider this as a viable option.
Step 2 after legalizing same sex marriage
Think of the religious places getting sued under the name of discrimination by gay lobby..
I can visualize current affair, today tonight and Waleed Aly's project having a lot of material for your 6.30 television.
War often deprives children of fathers too, but this Government seems to be keen to keep sending people off to fight them.
There have been many studies that refute that argument. It is a non-argument.
Churches are already legally allowed to discriminate on who they marry. They also get that right in religious schools.
This is another red herring/straw man.
Yet another study has been done on the outcomes of children brought up in different combinations of parents - they mentioned it on the 24 news this morning. It has nothing whatsoever to do with the sex of the parent, it has everything to do with the quality of parenting. End. Of. Story.
If nuns and priests can marry a church - a building, or even more far-fetched, their spaghetti monster, what's so bizarre and wrong about people marrying fellow humans?
What is more bizarre is the fact people want words to mean something it can never mean. Its a bit like a person wants the right to be called a homosexual even though they are attracted to the same sex.
As for your post, you should read more because you are way off base.
Just put it to the people at the next election as a plebiscite. There's way to much moral posturing and party politics in Canberra for this to be left to politicians to decide.
If we have 1 plebiscite then we can have several.
The Republic,Dying with dignity, Federal corruption watchdog, Electoral reform, Pollie entitlements, Drug law reform and of course Religions paying tax.
Why ?
Why spend millions on a plebiscite ?
Wouldn't you rather see the money spent on a witch hunt into the Unions ?
Or the money could be handed over to the coal industry as a subsidy.
Totally agree!
Good idea....why not do that?
For a debate touted as fireworks...I consider it a 'fizzer'.
Bernardi confuses representative democracy with his religious tripe. Religion should just pay tax and leave us alone.
Attempting to align the civil rights movement on racism and freedom of religion with homosexual marriage is a false and emotional proposition.
Homosexuals have the right to civil unions with all the legal recognition of defacto relationships. They can contract between themselves and live as any couple. Where is the inequality?
Identify the inequality claimed and perhaps the argument for homosexual marriage can move beyond the emotional and be considered rationally.
Where is the inequality?!? MF couples can choose to be in a civil union, or have their relationship further solemnised and recognised by the state. Same sex couples do not have that choice, and as such their relationships are not seen as of equal value. This in turn allows discriminatory views to continue with a sense of justification, continuing the sense of alienation for same sex attracted people. This is especially damaging to young people coming to terms with their sexuality in a society that still condones homophobia and discrimination. These young people have much higher rates of depression anxiety and suicidal ideation and action. How is that so hard to understand?!?
The inequality is in not being able to call it marriage. If everything else is equal, why not also let it be called marriage. Who does that hurt?
Let's try this: repeal the amendment made in the Howard government to make "marriage" only be between a man and a woman. The change the Marriage Act to the Civil Union Act, and change the word "marriage" wherever it appears in the Act to "Civil Union".
Then the Churches can own "Marriage" and marry who they like, and the government can get on with governing; and same sex couples can have equality in law; and nobody has to get their knickers in a twist worrying about "gay marriage".
The churches never owned marriage in the first place!!!
It was a secular institution long before religion cam along
I think it's very dangerous to suggest that a religion should determine what a word means.
Except that the churches do not, and should not, own marriage. Myself an my wife are atheists, married, nothing to do with religion. How bout we take your suggestion, but make it so that the state can own the legal contract of marriage, available to gay and straight couples, and the churches can continue to own their own sacrament of marriage, available to who they see fit to grant it to.
"An already bloated discrimination industry", Cory? If that's not "sloganeering", I don't know what is.
only a conservative middle aged, middle class, privileged white man could refer to issues of equality as being part of a "bloated" discrimination industry. Yet this same man wants to discriminate in favour of the minority whose views are derived from a book that is thousands of years old. Strange values indeed
"Marriage should remain what it has always been - an enduring union between a man and a woman,"
Well Cory you certainly didn't use fact checker for that comment. It has changed dramatically over the years and has in the past included same sex couples. Use substance not spin, or would you see that as substance abuse
Yeh (attention Cory) some people did indeed have to "endure" their Marriage before no fault divorce. The Divorce Tax further evidence of just how ideological/theological the hard right is.
Meanwhile the statistics prove that Marriage does not have to be "endured".
The elephant in the room being that 50% of them dont ' endure'
I've been wondering, if back when the fight was to decriminalise homosexuality some were saying "If it's legalised, next thing they'll be wanting to get married!" And was that brushed aside as a meaningless, slippery-slope argument?
Hardly a 'slippery slope" Barrie. More like a logical progression from where i stand.
Its an issue of human rights. Noone's slipping down any slopes
Slippery slopes go downwards, Barrie. This is about raising same sex unions to parity.
"More like a logical progression from where i stand..."
Where you stand meganjj is in the present. I was 24 when they decriminalised homosexuality in NSW. I don't recall slippery-slope claims from back then but I do remember the prediction that suicides would be reduced, bullying would end etc. The same excuse they're recycling for marriage. Seems the more things change the more they stay the same.
Yet every week, heterosexuals are in the news for murdering and abusing their children. What do you have to say about that Cory Bernardi? Or is that the fault. Seriously....
That heterosexuals abuse marriage doesn't mean there's a problem with marriage.
The rights of children, mothers and fathers has to be addressed. After 16 years of being my child's mother, suddenly I'm "Parent 1" on his school permission note. Doesn't have quite the same ring.
How did you decide who was to be Parent 1 and who was to be Parent 2?
LK, preventing marriage equality won't reverse the decision to NOT discriminate against same-sex parents. Parent 1 and parent 2 will remain regardless of the marital status. Find a valid objection.
So marriage should be an enduring union between a man and a woman. Fair enough.
I presume we're going to ban divorce then.
And if the purpose of marriage is to have children then people over childbearing age and people who are infertile will be banned from marrying.
If every child has a right to a mother and father then I guess widows with children will be forced to marry - maybe their husband's brother, that's the biblical way after all.
And if the brother happens to be already married? Well, that was OK in the bible when men could have multiple wives but I guess it contradicts the "one man one woman" idea.
Complicated stuff this marriage.
Oh, and bring back "obey" into the marriage vows. My wife and I had a big argument about whether to include "obey" but eventually i put my foot down and refused to say it.
Brandis is trying to make divorce uneconomical.
Photo shows Cory on the right of the moderator and penny on the left. Couldn't they have been less predictable.
I'm open to arguments from both sides, but Bernadi - "adults don't have rights, only children"???? Really? what a crock
Brandis must have meant children have a right to be bigots then, because according to the Liberals in 2015, adults have no rights at all!
What has marriage got to do with children?
@Scotty Wow! Can you hear yourself? Having and raising children isn't all marriage is about, but it's a pretty central part. So much so that we recognise something's usually wrong if a marriage doesn't produce children.
Corey States This is the sixteenth attempt to change the definition of marriage "to mean something it has never meant", he says.
Perhaps he should try picking up a dictionary, or studying some history - because same-sex marriages have existed for at least 3,000 years
3000 years - really?
This is a bit hard to take given that the idea of a "homosexual identity" has only been around in the Western world for around for about 150 years.
Given that the current definition was only inserted into the Marriage Act in 2004 to deal in a discriminatory way vide overseas same sex people who had been able to marry Cory is on very shaky ground with that one.
Snickers, there are documented instances of same-sex unions in Ancient Mesopotamia; and in various other cultures and societies since.
Nice try, but history highlights Bernardi's ignorance
snickersnee - please provide some evidence of the statement that "the homosexual identity" has only been around for 150 years. Ancient Greece and Rome may challenge this statement for starters.
an interesting point, and should the politicians cave in and vote for same use of the word marriage, then i for one will push to outlaw it, at least 16 times, until its outlawed again.
Good to see they have a handle on the most important issues confronting Australia.
Nuff Nuff
To gays - this is one of the most important issues, just like those on Manus consider refugee policies the most important, pensioners and changes to their pension, jobless youth - jobs and social security payments.
Just because it is not important to you does not mean it isn't important to others.
Wong says she has 'no rights' under the current Govt. What did Wong say 2007-2013? NOTHING, of course. The ideology of the ALP is for all to see.
There was a conscience vote allowed under Rudd/Gillard - the Liberals all voted NO.
Wong has no rights? Seriously? Maybe this whole thing is about gay people trying to get more gov't benefits...why has that not be discussed?
"Why has that not been discussed?" - because it's idiotic tripe.
So Wong is saying that the Rudd/Gillard Govts she was a Minister 'clung to discriminatory laws'. WOW. If that's waht she says publicly I wonder what she has said behind closed doors to Julia and Kevin. The paint must have been peeling off the walls.
E I E oh (in a despondent tone)
Advocating marriage between 2 men or 2 women today. What next in another decade, marriage between humans and .........? Just because we are adults and can choose? Marriage is meant to be between a man and a woman. Gay couples can and have families, no one has denied that. Just as Ireland has recently legalised this, it has its own problems and fact is that many other countries voted against this. How come we do not get to hear that in the media?
Snap, weed man!
what problems are there in ireland? please state them with reference. what countries have voted against it, again show a reference.
Please elaborate. Please, please do tell.
Where you implying the B word?
Can you let us know what life form other than a human can give informed consent to marriage? Because without that , your 'argument' is invalid.
But cheer up - gay people marrying won't affect you in the slightest, unless you can show how?
PS - 'jesus doesn't like it' doesn't count as a valid reason for opposing equality,
They've had same sex marriage in the Netherlands for 15 years. So far, the sky hasn't fallen.
The big question is will Cori become desperate enough to revert to the bestiality slippery slope nonsense.
Masha Gessen, a journalist and author who campaigns for homosexual 'rights', made the comments last May in Australia on a panel at the Sydney Writer's Festival. She said:
It's a no-brainer that (homosexual activists) should have the right to marry, but I also think equally that it's a no-brainer that the institution of marriage should not exist. …(F)ighting for gay marriage generally involves lying about what we are going to do with marriage when we get there — because we lie that the institution of marriage is not going to change, and that is a lie.
The institution of marriage is going to change, and it should change. And again, I don't think it should exist. And I don't like taking part in creating fictions about my life. That's sort of not what I had in mind when I came out thirty years ago.
So Wong wasn't strong enough in her beliefs and self esteem to stand up to Rudd and Gillard about SSM but is now up front in the debate. This ALP ideology and faux equality debate is getting tedious. More confected outrage from the ALP.
Confected outrage from the ALP What about the confected outrage and hypocrisy regarding conscience votes from the Liberals? You know - saying how terrible it is that Labor pollies in four years time won't be able to vote by their conscience, yet at the same time calling for the resignation of Liberal MPs who want to follow their conscience and vote for equality...
Oh EIE such a sad perspective once again. The times they are a changing - ha!
@EIE - the situation has changed a lot since then but I suppose you are still stuck in the 50's as part of team aussie.
So are you for gay marriage or not? None of your comments actually add to the debate and are all focused on having a go at Wong. So if Wong is wrong for changing her mind on one issue then where does that put flip flop tony? He must be really in your bad books.
I will be so glad when this boutique issue is resolved and we can get onto real issues that affect more than .05% of the population.
LGBTIQ people make up around 7-10% of the population; and when you add families and friends the number this affects increases substantially.
72% of Australians support it.
What the hell does LGBTIQ mean?
Boutique issue? Try telling that to my 3 kids. My partner and I pay taxes, obey every law, do everything you do in a civil society, except we are not treated equally when it comes to a formal recognition of our partnership. This is not a boutique issue. It's a human rights issue.
A great many more people are affected by same sex marriage than you would think. My mother is a lesbian, it is absurd and distressing that the law offers my relationship more protections than it does hers, just because my partner is a man.
There has been a long history of same sex parents having their parental rights removed or abused because of their sexuality, which benefits no one, least of all children. Marriage means those rights will have the same protection as straight couples, something people carping on about family should bear in mind.
@Max, LGBTIQ = Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender, Intersex and Questioning (dunno about the last one but maybe cases like Caitlyn Jenner? Correct me if I'm wrong?)
Goodness, as how dare an issue that doesn't affect you in any way, shape or form, be front and center. How rude! I guess only issues that affect you personally should be in the parliament. Can you please let us know what you would like those to be?
Photo 12:09 A Penny for your thoughts.
Penny wise, Cory foolish.
Don't worry about the free vote, Penny Wong has just been given a free kick by having Cory Bernardi as an opponent. He will be outwitted before the opening remarks. Anyone running a sweep on what part of the debate Cory will use the word bestiality?
With the divorce rates so high and lawyers making huge money out of the chaos, some anti-marriage equality proponents should possibly just advocate anti-marriage for everyone.
I would hazard a guess and say a very high percentage of divorce lawyers would be in favour of gay marriage.
divorce lawyers deal with de-facto relationship breakups as well. Duh!!
Surely the NPC can come up with a better Coalition choice than Bernardi!? Same-sex marriage is just another issue people are ready to beat Abbott with a proverbial baseball bat. First home owners (and their parents), South Australians (submarines and car manufacturers), Victorians and mining states are ready to give Abbott a complete thrashing. Anyone who denies 'our worst ever PM by a country mile' would take a snap election if he thought he had half a chance is kidding themselves.
Thanks for this opportunity, Stephanie and Alex. We've missed you too.
I can hardly wait for this debate to pan out.
The extreme right led by bernadi know the vote is lost so they will revert to the only tactic they have left. Thwart the democratic process by preventing the vote from taking place.
Even if they succeed, then what?
The issue will not go away.
It would be good of Wong to admit how she failed to stand up to both Rudd and Gillard over the previous ALP Policy.
Penny obviously plays the long game.
She is still here fighting for her cause.
More than will be said about Abbott after the next election.
@EiE, I think you may have missed the bit where Wong moved amendement 101 at the ALP national conference in 2011 which changed the ALP platform to support SSM and a conscience vote. I'm not sure what else she think she could have done when she wasn't the leader. Barnaby Joyce couldn't stop a mine and you think Wong could have changed the Marriage Act single-handedly?
Check out her speech on the issue from the ALP National Conference this past weekend and then get back to us.
No, look at Wong's appearance on Lateline a few years ago where she defended ALP policy and Gillard's anti-SSM views. Then get back to me about hypocritical ideology.
EIE with his "what aboutery" contributes absolutely nothing to this debate. Not one iota.
Is that the same as Tony Abbott's change of attitude to an ETS previously taken to an election by John Howard and rolled MT because of a change in the wind direction?
Bernardis mindset and brain belongs in 1955, the guy is from Jurassic park.
But think of the havoc the Bernardisaurus might wreak.
1955 - wrong movie - you are thinking of Back To The Future...
Being old or having ideas consistent with times gone by does not make a person wrong. To conclude so on that basis alone is arrogance.
His Mindset is in fact very similar to the PM. Both are fanatics from a time that's way past. But Abbott knows if he were to espouse some of his true views, most are unpalatable to the general electorate, so he uses this guy as a shield.
No, not Jurassic Park, but the Creationist Theme Park in the US.
Go google, it's hilarious.
Embarrassingly a QLDer was behind its inception.
Over centuries the Australian culture has moved sometimes very slowly, but still moved towards creating a society based on equality. Now the issue of marriage equality has been raised and we are being asked if lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people should be declared to be equal. Which side of the equality line that has been drawn in the sand do you stand? Can you find the right words to say why?
The debate about marriage equality is not in the definition of marriage but tests us as to whether we believe that we should live in an egalitarian society - one where consenting adults above the legal age, regardless of race, colour, religion, creed or gender should be treated equally and allowed to celebrate their union and be legally married and have all the rights and responsibilities that go with that
Really, so in your definition you agree to:
* three people marriages like in the US and supported by the Greens in the UK
* a brother and sister marrying
Not only that you are discriminating against teenagers who are in committed loving relationships now.
Lastly you have showed no reason why the government should be registering any relationships (or just one sort of relationship) at all!
Well said Tucky, sums it up.
The reply also sums up the absurdity of claims by those against equality.
What a lovely Couple.
When it comes to the words "marriage equality" we are caught out by our preconceived understandings of what the term "marriage" means. For many people it means one thing and for others a different thing. If we set that aside and focus on the word "equality" the definition by nature is unequivocal. It means fairness and impartiality. We are thus left with the choice of believing in equality or inequality.


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In order to tie all loose ends, creators Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse have made a deal with ABC to extend it to two and a half hours instead of the original two hours. The finale is thus a five-and-a-half-hour event on May 23, beginning at 7 P.M. with "Lost: The Final Journey" and ending at 1 A.M. with "Jimmy Kimmel Live!: Aloha to Lost".
The cast of "Lost" made a special farewell video to mark the end of the series. The footage was played during ABC's upfront presentation at NYC's Lincoln Center on Tuesday, May 18. E! reported Matthew Fox said, "I couldn't have imagined it ending in such a beautiful way," while Evangeline Lilly said, "I came here as one person. I leave as another. I will be eternally grateful."
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It didn't take long for the UFC to find a fight for Jason "Mayhem" Miller for his return to the Octagon. He will face Aaron Simpson at UFC 132 in July.
The UFC made the announcement about the new match-up on Saturday.
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The colorful man known as "Mayhem" has been out of action since last September when he picked up a win over iconic fighter Kazushi Sakuraba in Japan.
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NanoHorizons™, Inc., an emerging leader in applied nanoscale materials and solutions, and G.J. Littlewood and Son, Inc. today announced the production availability of natural, high-performance wool staple fiber enhanced with NanoHorizons' SmartSilver™ WoolPro, the smarter anti-odor and antimicrobial answer. SmartSilver WoolPro adds durable, high-performance anti-odor functionality to woolen products, such as socks, sweaters, blankets and performance apparel.
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All India Samathuva Makkal Katchi (AISMK) founder R Sarathkumar said his party would announce any alliance plans within the next 10 days, after considering public opinion.
The Madras high court on Thursday refused to recognise M Tameemum Ansari as Manithaneya Makkal Katchi's general secretary empowered to file a suit representing the party.
Samathuva Makkal Katchi will release its election manifesto next week.
The exodus seems to be continuing from the DMDK to DMK.On Saturday, 50 DMDK functionaries joined the DMK in the presence of party treasurer M K Stalin.
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Reiterating the demand for total prohibition at a special conference in Trichy, the Makkal Adhikaram passed a resolution demanding the closure of Tasmac liquor outlets in the state.
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"When George Washington assumed command of the Continental Army at Cambridge, Massachusetts, chaplains were already present for duty. Washington could count fifteen chaplains serving with the twenty-three regiments gathered around Boston. The Continental Congress gave the chaplains its official recognition on 29 July l775, when it voted pay for various officers and enlisted personnel in the Continental Army not previously covered in its resolution of l6 July." Nearly a year later General George Washington issued the following General Order:"
July 9, 1776
The Hon. Continental Congress having been pleased to allow a Chaplain to each Regiment, with the pay of Thirty-three Dollars and one third pr month—The Colonels or commanding officers of each regiment are directed to procure Chaplains accordingly; persons of good Characters and exemplary lives—To see that all inferior officers and soldiers pay them a suitable respect and attend carefully upon religious exercises. The blessing and protection of Heaven are at all times necessary but especially so in times of public distress and danger—The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country. Signed, George Washington
[Source: The Writings of George Washington, John C. Fitzpatrick, editor (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1931), Vol. 4, p. 347, February 26, 1776 Order; and Writings (1932), Vol. 5, pp. 244-245, July 9, 1776 Order.]
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I watched the flag pass by one day.
It fluttered in the breeze
A young Marine saluted it, and then
He stood at ease.
I looked at him in uniform
So young, so tall, so proud
With hair cut square and eyes alert
He'd stand out in any crowd.
I thought, how many men like him
Had fallen through the years?
How many died on foreign soil?
How many mothers' tears?
How many Pilots' planes shot down?
How many foxholes were soldiers' graves?
No, Freedom is not free.
I heard the sound of taps one night,
When everything was still.
I listened to the bugler play
And felt a sudden chill.
I wondered just how many times
That taps had meant "Amen"
When a flag had draped a coffin
of a brother or a friend.
I thought of all the children,
Of the mothers and the wives,
Of fathers, sons and husbands
With interrupted lives.
I thought about a graveyard
at the bottom of the sea
Of unmarked graves in Arlington.
No, Freedom isn't free!!
Copyright 1981 by Kelly Strong
(used with permission)
Cam & Janet....copy that!!
Wonderful Chaplain Ron and will definitely keep you all in prayers. Stay safe and Cam's right ~ take some pics if time permits :)
Congratulations Chaplain! We will keep you in our prayers as well as the survivors. By the way, we will be expecting to see some pics here on USFRA.
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Do you want to know how customer returns are treated in a business? Or, how are business taxes affected if an online business operates overseas temporarily? Dealing with business taxes and its different nuances can be confusing and challenging. It is helpful to have a legal Expert's input and insights to address any queries or doubts that may arise from time to time or when there is a change in the status, nature of business, entities, owners, provisions, tax rules and so on. Experts help avoid confusion and can provide the correct information at the right time.
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The different type of small businesses and the manner in which they are taxed are as follows:
Business taxes are based on a concept referred to as 'gross receipts.' These receipts are the total of the amounts received by the business from all sources during the annual accounting period, prior to any costs or expenses being deducted. If the business were to have customer returns and/or refunds, they are not considered as costs and expenses. To deal with the refunds or returns, the total revenue from all sales should be reduced by the amount or number of refunds issued in order to arrive at gross receipts.
There are a couple of tax scenarios based on the nature of business. If the business is completely online based and temporarily being operated overseas, there is no need to pay taxes of the visiting country. Additionally, when there is no fixed place that the business is being operated from, whether it is being run from the U.S. or elsewhere, the taxes that are payable will be from where the business is located and any personal income being claimed from the business would be payable at the place where these taxes are claimed. In this case for the online business, there would not be a need to pay taxes overseas as well as the U.S. If a sale is made overseas, the applicable sales tax would be payable on any product sold there. If it is a service, they too may be taxed and these taxes would be deducted from the U.S. liability as taxes paid in a foreign country.
It is possible that owners, shareholders or officers of the business or coirporation can be held personally responsible for the payment of the California franchise taxes. This is because usually the corporate veil of protection does not extend to these taxes. In the event of tax not being paid, the Franchise Tax Board (FTB) can place a levy or lien on the assets of these individuals. If you as an owner or member of the business do not have the money to pay taxes there may be a possibility to set up an installment payment plan with the Tax Board in order to satisfy the amount payable.
This is possible in the following ways.
In such a scenario, there is no requirement for one to register their company in New Jersey if the only presence in this state is to store goods in a warehouse. This is because, typically, warehousing goods through a third-party does not constitute as conducting a business in a state and as per the state requirements for registering a foreign corporation.
It is possible to run multiple businesses from a single corporation and many business owners elect to separate these into sub-corporations or sub-LLCsto reduce and separate risk. However, it is possible to use these separate DBAs for the businesses operated by the corporation. The corporation would be the owner/operator/taxpayer and will be taxed based on the profits or losses from all of its businesses as a corporation. There will be only one tax ID number. If several sub-corporations or LLCs are operated, each of these individual entities can have their own tax ID. It would be wise to use the coding from which the business makes the maximum proportion of its income.
If the business is incorporated, the owner would not be liable unless the tax authority can find a way to surpass the corporate shield against tax. However, this normally happens when/if the matter goes to court which may not happen all the time. If the business is not incorporated, the owner is personally liable for any debts, tax and other liabilities of the business.
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Beth Thomas-Edwards is Broker of Record and President of Mack-Morris Beth Thomas-Edwards, Inc. ealtors, an independent and full-service real estate agency. Beth founded Mack-Morris 23 years ago. The firm has remained #1 in total sales and listing volume for Holmdel and Colts Neck combined for the past 9 years, as shown in Multiple Listing Service statistics. Mack-Morris is a unique boutique, successfully competing with national franchises. Beth still enjoys working with clients and remains extremely successful and highly respected in the real estate industry.
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