A Cat at a Dog Show

June 19, 2013

A Cat at a Dog Show

Certain gay rights advocates are calling for what they call ‘marriage equality’, or same-sex marriage, writes Justin de Vere

National governments in New Zealand and France, as well as certain other countries and states, have recently passed laws legalising this. In doing so, the governments of these places now consider a marriage of a man and a woman to be the equivalent of a similar ceremony ‘marrying’ two men or two women.

The desire for marriage equality, while superficially a call for justice and an idea whose time has come, is actually a hurtful, destructive, selfish desire which speciously defies logic, abuses ordinary people’s sense of justice, and will cause damage to an ancient social custom that predates government and civilisation and has nothing to do with homosexuality. The politicians who would effect this change would do so not in the best interests of the country they serve, but in the short-term interests of the party they serve.

By Menzies House
19/06/2013 3:45:18 PM | Conservatism, Constitution, Culture, Democracy, Feminism, Free Speech, Ideology, Malcolm Turnbull, Media Bias, Policy, Political Correctness, Politics, Tony Abbott

4 Comments

Reading this, the old maxim - give 'em an inch and they'll take a mile, came to mind. So, is what they seek really just "marriage" equality or an overturning of the mores of society?

Posted by: ibbit | June 19, 2013 at 04:41 PM

Until 2004 when the Dutch came up with it, no one had ever thought of gay marriage. Homosexual activists from earlier decades often disparaged marriage itself, far from wanting to buy into it.

Having found that most social engineering falls flat on its face when pushed straight ahead, the gay marriage idea became a wonderful stalking horse for more radical changes, like polyamory. Couching it in terms of rights is working a treat.

Posted by: The Geek | June 19, 2013 at 05:13 PM