Party slammed over gay marriage stance
Gay activists have dismissed claims by the public officer of the new Tasmanian pro-environment Ethics and Sustainability Party, Kathleen Petrovsky, that same-sex marriage is ‘radical’ and ‘trendy’, and have requested a meeting with Dr Petrovsky to discuss the issue.
Tasmanian Gay and Lesbian Rights Group spokesperson Rodney Croome said in a statement that same-sex marriage has widespread public support.
“According to opinion polls, same-sex marriage has the support of 60% of Australians, not to mention support from the Tasmanian Labor Party state conference and numerous large Australian corporations and unions – it is anything but ‘radical’,” said Croome.
“We will be seeking a meeting with Dr Petrovsky so we can make the point that legal inequality and discrimination are neither ethical nor sustainable.”
In last weekend’s Sunday Tasmanian, Petrovsky labelled the Greens’ same-sex marriage policy as “radical” and “trendy” and said, “we don’t believe in changing society and its rules. We believe in the mother, father, children kind of nuclear family. I’m not into gay marriage. I keep telling (the Greens) to get rid of some of those policies.”
Croome called on Dr Petrovsky to state her party’s positions on issues such as same-sex parents raising children, and financial and workplace entitlements for same-sex partners.
“I’m sure the young voters Dr Petrovsky says she wants to appeal to will be interested in exactly how deep her party’s prejudices run.”
You are right chillisauce100, and It is completely OK to bash and humiliate Muslims, Lebanese and Indian students as well – only if it is a “great Aussie tradition on Australia day” (just look at the recent Melbourne and Cronulla Riots).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_Cronulla_riots
It is OK to drive while drunk, to speed in a school zone and to rob little old ladies too – that is what being an Australian convict is all about knowing our roots and where we came from!!!!
http://thingsaustralianslove.com/index.php/things-australians-love/2-criminal-heroes-and-convict-heritage/
I know that Australia is going way back to its convict past – because we are the only nation that is NOT MOVING FOWARD!!!!
http://www.chrisevans.alp.org.au/news/1008/immiinterviewtranscripts14-01.php
Just look at the way we treat criminals here (for example a criminal can come here and not be hassled by immigration), while we lock-up people who just want to visit this country or work here legally as a highly skilled worker and continually get hassled by immigration.
http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/
But it is not OK (in 2010 mind you) for an individual with the same genetillia to marry in Australia – while Spain and Portugal who are WAY more religious and secular than us ALLOW “any 2 adult person(s)” to marry – it makes no sense at all.
Where is the love and compassion for goodness sake???????
Until 1958 in NSW (as with WA, SA and TAS), Aboriginal men could not marry a white woman (and vice versa).
It just smacks of hypocrisy!!!
And just last night watching Family Guy Brian the dog said this quote:
“Look there is a gay interracial couple burning the American flag!”
It sounds like that we are the ones that are treated like we are the ones who are terrorists because go no further than the AFA and the ACL that quote:
“Gays are terrorists to the whole family structure!”
Need I say more???…
Peter Brown ..what a shocking nasty misogynist you are – no better than the bigots who deny us our human rights…there are so many good women who support us …just to start…Clover Moore ,Marie Bashir, Sylvia Hale,Marcia Hines and countless other good women….shame on you!
It is obvious that Australian politicians cannot do themselves any harm by supporting discrimination against homosexuals.
No one is against marriage between terrorists, drug dealers, murderers, rapists, armed robbers or corporate criminals, so long as they are heterosexuals.
If a politician supports the legal discrimination against gays the voting public do not care.
If some teenagers commit an act of animal cruelty the act makes headlines and attracts public execration.
I am, you are, we are Australian.
@Peter Brown, her replies will be the rope she supplies for her own hanging.
What do you expect from a heterosexual woman? Anita Bryant, Mary Whitehouse, Iris Robinson etc etc. Sure there are plenty of nasty straight men, but I have rarely found straight women to be very accepting. We will get nowhere with the new NSW premier, just as Rodney will get nowhere with Petrovsky.
60% of straights support equal marriage, and in young people it is much much higher- this lady won’t last long- she certainly does not have her finger on the pulse, and who does she think she is giving advice to the Greens to stop supporting equality?