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09-17-2017 #1
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Australia's plebiscite about gay marriage
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09-23-2017 #2
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Re: Australia's plebiscite about gay marriage
That's a particularly unpleasant piece of propaganda.
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09-23-2017 #3
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Re: Australia's plebiscite about gay marriage
it's really interesting how this went from 3 guys having a beer to same sex marriage (cringe!!) being something that fucks everything up.
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09-26-2017 #4
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Re: Australia's plebiscite about gay marriage
This 'thin end of the wedge' type of argument is pretty standard on the 'vote no' side, who know that they cannot win a straight-up argument on the merits of allowing SSM. One of them (who used to be a government minister!) even argued that it would lead to people being allowed to marry inanimate objects like the Sydney Harbour Bridge. https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliceworkma...LE#.xtXLq38MPn
Unfortunately, these tactics seem to be effective. The latest poll shows there is still a strong majority of 57% in favour, but that has fallen from 62% and there is still about 6 weeks to go before the postal survey closes. http://www.skynews.com.au/news/top-s...e-falling.html
Australia was one of the most progressive countries in the world in the early 20th century, but our recent record is not so great, for example https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austra...ferendum,_1999
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11-15-2017 #5
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11-22-2017 #6
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Re: Australia's plebiscite about gay marriage
this was pretty incredible
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11-22-2017 #7
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Re: Australia's plebiscite about gay marriage
His nickname is not 'the Mad Hatter' for nothing
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11-22-2017 #8
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02-21-2018 #9
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Re: Australia's plebiscite about gay marriage
does anyone here live in australia and if so, can they please explain why the political ads are looking more and more like the mid 90s scientology ads?
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