Move on
WELL, it’s a ‘Yes’ vote by a decent majority. Now maybe we can move on and do something about it.
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I would point out to the ‘No’ campaign that our neighbours across the ditch – you know, the ones who are always at our side in war and that we love to squabble with in peacetime – have legalised same-sex marriage and yet there are no signs of civilisation breaking down over there and I predict that, in the main things will still be pretty much as they are over here.
Richard Hill, Newstead.
Relationship Equality
I HAVE been a little puzzled about those who carry a Bible (whatever religion) and seem to follow whatever version of it they choose to interpret their lives from.
It seems they, at times, operate from only selected parts of the Bible. May I suggest an idea that some Bible concepts might be outdated in the context of the development of humanity.
A wonderful human of the 20th century, R. Buckminister Fuller stated that nature could be saying something here in respect to the observed increase in homosexuality throughout humanity.
For those who live by the Bible might consider that nature could be interchangeable with the concept of God.
So, is nature telling us that there are ‘enough’ humans on this planet and is it working in such a way that humans are being attracted to humans of the same sex for that reason?
Human endeavour has circumvented ‘nature’s way’ via surrogacy, IVF, etc. But the question is, “Is nature doing its thing the way it was designed?
To evolve through time to deal with survival”. For those who suggest that God/Jesus/Bible stated that ‘marriage was between a man and a woman’ might like to ponder that things change and maybe there are messages in other places that hold evolved answers to moral dilemmas.
Geoff Grimes, Launceston.
Prediction wrong
YES I was wrong in my prediction of the result of the postal survey on same-sex marriage. I went out on a limb and got chopped off, at least the result was emphatic.
I had a wager on the result and lost, and now have to shout a free meal, the friend wants crayfish and Grange and yes, drinks red wine with seafood.
In some ways there was a certain inevitability about the result, it had to happen, just as having women priests and bishops in the Anglican Church today and accepted as normal and the sky hasn’t fallen in.
Malcolm Scott, Newstead.
Well done, politicians
AUSTRALIA got a “Yes” vote $122 million later. I am really happy that people in love can now move forward, marry and start a new chapter with their future.
What does not make me ecstatic is that we are still experiencing ramping at hospital. We are still not able to open beds for the seriously ill.
Perhaps I am being sour grapes about the money spent for an issue that could have been resolved within our government.
I am now in the state of bewilderment re: the people that are in charge.
Half of them have to leave because of this dual citizenship fiasco, but most personas are visitors through immigration as this country was originally inhabited by Aboriginals, me included.