The Australian Federal Elections will be held some time this year and the Conservative Government headed by arch conservative John Howard is behind the eight ball in the opinion polls.
Of course being behind in the polls doesn't mean shit when it comes down to the actual result of the day. Most readers know I am particularly focused on equal rights for same sex couples in addition to the three pillars of a good society, Education, Health care and Social Services.
Throughout the Western World there is a push towards equalising same sex rights, even in the USA where the ultra conservative neo-cons are still hanging onto power some states are recognising sex relationships.
However Australia is falling even further behind, with the Federal Government vetoing the ACT's bill for same sex civil unions not once but twice!. source
Of course Howard and his right wing bigots claim that it's not meanness or discrimination against same sex couples (even though they all say a same sex relationship is worthless). Instead they come up with all sorts of arguments like:
Marriage, as we understand it in our society, is about children, having children, raising them, providing for the survival of the species. source
But this week the Federal Attorney General Phillip Ruddock has told the biggest untruth so far that can be proven to be a lie:
“If you change the eligibility criteria to include same-sex partners, it adds to the money that has to be found to pay the pension – and the proposition is a very simple one,” he said.
“Issues that can be readily addressed that don’t involve significant budgetary outlays which do bring different considerations to bear will be examined by the government.”
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But in the Federal Budget which will be handed down next week the government is giving an $8000 bonus to parents with children!
So let me get this straight so to speak, they can fund a bonus like the baby bonus (get $3000 for having a baby), which encouraged violence; a spike in gambling; and a rise in teen pregnancies & increased sales of plasma televisions, but they can't afford to have equality for same sex couples?
What a load of horse shit.
This is nothing more than a cynical ploy to get the soccer mums to vote for them and look at the underlying message:
"We support babies but not those dirty poofters and lesbians! Vote for us to keep felinggood about your bigotry"
Vote the bastards out and relegate Howard to the footnote in history where he belongs.Labels: politics