While my vote in the ACT will probably be going to the Greens on Saturday, I will be crossing the border to Queanbeyan to hand out how to vote cards for the Australian Sex Party.
There shouldn’t be discrimination based on a person’s gender or who they love. Why should it be accepted that I should have the right to marry Rish (whether I want to or not!) but if we were to part for some reason and my next partner was a woman we’d not be allowed to marry, and some organisations that are church-run, but still receive public funding could choose to discriminate by not employing or allowing adoption. Not that I’d want one, but a job with Catholic Education would be pretty much out of the question. I’ve had friends in straight defacto relationships having to lie (or not tell the truth) about their living arrangements so that their position wasn’t threatened… Just because their idea of a family does not extend to anything other than a man and a woman (who are born biologically as such) married in a church and 2.3 kids (born through ‘natural’ means, only within wedlock, of course). *glares*
Separate religion from our laws, and allow love to be love.
Vote for the Secular Party, or the Greens, or the Sex Party, or anyone else who will come out and stand up for what is right, and not hide behind caucus decisions or party lines.
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I passionately agree with every single one of the things you mentioned.
Religion of any kind has no place in politics
There are a lot of places that religion doesn’t belong, but let’s start with politics and go from there :)
roflcopter “It’s a free society”.
Aussie sex party has a lot of good ideas, however I don’t lean towards the decriminalisation of drugs. But really, aren’t all of these policies supported by the greens anywho?