Vietnam Vet asks Tony Abbott about Marriage Equality on #qanda

Q and A Mon 17 August 2010 - Sth West Sydney plumber Jeff Thomas asks Tony Abbott about marriage equality for gay son. WOW! This is how far Australia has come in 3 years...

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[hypacore]

Btw apologies for misspelling his name...

[hypacore]

He certainly did and you should be VERY proud...

[hypacore]

Se7ve7ns- so by that thinking because I have no aboriginies in my family we shouldn'tve allowed them to get married and the referendum in the 70's was wrong??

[se7ve7ns]

"Every man feels... that right has a right to be right and therefore a right

to be there; and wrong has no right to be wrong and therefore no right to be

there."...GK Chesterton

[haylele]

Tony Abbott = AUSTRALIA'S BIGGEST JOKE

*PENALTY RATES made optional

*Wants 1 Billion CUT from PBS - medicines for cancer, transplant & other patients

*11 Billion Costing Cover Up

*30 Billion BLACKHOLE in his BOGUS Climate policy that no scientist/economist support

*Against Flood Levy & wants a Childcare Levy

*Wild Rivers for Mining giants to mine on Aboriginal soil.

*Millions in donations from Tobbacco Industry then against PP

*Against the Mining tax & raking in millions from the Mining Industry

[crowie94]

@se7ve7ns You can try to put down, belittle or deny the existence of people who are same sex attracted but do you think anybody else here cares?All you are is a living, typing reminder of the minority of ignorant, hateful people who will one day look back to see the hatred they harbored for so long amounted to nothing. People like you are loosing ground to reformed laws and policies that embrace diversity and equality. All you do is give those of us who want a fairer world greater determination.

[crowie94]

@se7ve7ns You can argue with me and other people over youtube in as many comment feeds as you want, but at the end of the day I exit my browser and go on with my life assured that what i believe in will one day see people who have nothing wrong with them, and who are victims of hate from people like you, will one day be held back by nobody but themselves. Only 36% of Australians oppose same sex marriage and yet you still sit behind your computer screen saying being same sex attracted is wrong?

[crowie94]

@se7ve7ns you want to know what my perception of the world is? I believe the world unfortunately and unjust place because the the antiquated attitudes of people who are hateful and ignorant. People who want to see change in this world to make it a fairer place have always had to fight for it whether it was the right of equality in the workplace, the right to be recognized as a citizen in your own country, or the right to marry whoever you want regardless of race.

[se7ve7ns]

"It is not bigotry to be certain we are right; but it is bigotry to be unable to imagine how we might possibly have gone wrong."

G. K. Chesterton

[crowie94]

@se7ve7ns 'the act of taking for granted or supposing'

Suppose:

Assume that something is the case on the basis of evidence or probability but without proof or certain knowledge

[se7ve7ns]

@crowie94 –noun

1.something taken for granted; a supposition: a correct assumption.

2. the act of taking for granted or supposing.

3. the act of taking to or upon oneself.

so, at what point do you suggest that an 'assumption' would be 'elevated' to a level of a certain 'fact'? (guilty until innocent or vice versa?)

As what have said is what I know, after having researched with all available info.. I have found nothing to suggest otherwise to any inconsistancy of integrity.