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[green_queen]

Firstly, thankyou for not making my Harry Potter poll a place of wank and idiocy. Shame that the Australian government is worse than an entire posting board filled with pre-teen Potter shippers on crack.

SAME-SEX "marriages" that were about to go ahead in the ACT have been ruled out by the federal cabinet.

ETA: And because we are not so much a secular society as one governed by religion, the Australian Christian Lobby had to have their say. Gays have no right to marry? You have no right to procreate, you hate-mongering asswipes.

Dear John Howard,

Congratulations. Let me shake your hand. You have now officially put Australia behind in terms of eqaulity for all of its citizens. I shouldn't be surprised, of course - you and I have never exactly seen eye to eye on political matters. Does preventing people who love each other from proving that love in front of family and friends make you feel powerful? Does it stop you from catching The Gay if a woman can't see her dying partner because she doesn't count as immediate family? Is the world a safer place now that a man can't wear his partner's wedding ring on his finger?

It still astounds me that I live in a country where I couldn't marry a woman if I wanted to.

I'm moving to Canada, right after I watch the coolest lesbian in Hollywood on TV.

Green Queen

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[myrasis.livejournal.com]

On behalf of all Canadians, we'd love to have you.

[scifinut.livejournal.com]

It's not just Australia that's behind, you're following in the fine footsteps of the good ol' US of A here. I'm thinking that all the gays and lesbians that want to marry, or anyone who supports it even, should take a mass vacation to Canada for a nice weeklong vacation and see what an impact that has on the economies of the various nations. Just as a sort of a protest thing.

[kilted.livejournal.com]

I love you, by the way. And yeah- the head moron here in the US is trying to make gay marriage illegal again. I'm glad Canada's so close to me. *clings to it*

[clippage.livejournal.com]

Please allow me to second the entire comment. -_-

[kilted.livejournal.com]

But of course!

You know, maybe we should start our own little fandom colony of ex-pats in Canada...

[clippage.livejournal.com]

Brilliant idea.

[magikalcrab.livejournal.com]

Hang on, I'm waiting for the suprise to kick in ...

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Nope, I don't think it's going to.

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

Don't have to be surprised to be disappointed and angry.

[kry-86.livejournal.com]

As a Canadian, welcome! Make yourself at home.

[sassywitch.livejournal.com]

Try being an Aussie woman in love with a US woman and being thwarted by both countries anal retentive bigoted governments even the possibility of living together happily. Politics, bigots and religious asses that make it their business to decide who can and can't be happy have no place in a civilised world.

[green-queen.livejournal.com]

I might well be an Aussie living in the US at some point in the future.

Agreed on the second part.

[lament-phoenix.livejournal.com]

I used my gay icon to comment on this because it fits. :D

I think it's pretty much useless for people to say they can't marry someone just because they're both of the same sex. That only cuts them off from some benefits, but it doesn't make the sexual orientation just disappear. I don't think people realize that.

-The Carmen

[petarrr.livejournal.com]

It is absolutely appalling! I suppose we can only hope that at the next election the Liberals won't get back in.

[cinnamontwist.livejournal.com]

I felt so, so ashamed of Australia when I read that in the paper this morning. I HATE how the Christian religion influences so many of our laws. Not only that, why do they get so up in arms about this particular aspect of their beliefs. If they want to ban people from gay marriage then they should follow every other law in the Bible with such rigour. I doubt that even 0.1% of them do. Jesus summed up his principle commandment as "Love your neighbour as you love yourself." To deny gay people the very institution that signifies love is an abomination of that principle in my eyes.

[arrowchan.livejournal.com]

John Howard is such an evil, repressed little gnome. =_=

[http://users.livejournal.com/__outofmymind/]

Here here!

I never really follow politics, but this is really stupid. Howard isn't getting my vote (not that he ever did).

[thereisnosp00n.livejournal.com]

This is most unfortunate and upsetting... I hate it when Christians try to bring God into this. Frankly, the God i know and believe in told me to love my neighbors, and this doesn't seem very loving at all.

[v-angelique.livejournal.com]

Well, I currently live in a country where there's no way in HELL I could ever marry a woman (and I might want to). And most of my choices for the next country to inhabit are the same way. But I sort of accept the fact that the world hates me, and that's the way it's going to be. At least the fandom has lots of (albeit virtual) love!

Can you cc that to George Bush for me?

[bride-no2.livejournal.com]

Wow, this is so sad to hear. The US is definitely fairly backwards on the issue of gay marriage, but at least a few folks had the sense to kill a bill to amend the US Constitution to forbit gay marriage (thank God!)

And if you're coming to the US ever, be sure to visit Massachusetts: lovely scenery, a few great art museums, nice people, and, oh, gay people can get legally married here!! but you have to be a state resident and the Feds keep denying us recognition, but still it's a step in the right direction!

Over 5,000 gay couples now legally married and God has yet to smite us or cause us economic ruin! Take that, Pres. Bush!