The people of Australia have made it clear they support the rights of more people to marry. Those of us on the right side of history are happy to see more people around the world being free to have the relationships to which they mutually agree and to live out their gender identity. The leadership of the country can make a bold move for equality and take a leadership position in civil rights by bringing about full marriage equality.
As we see, there is no good argument against full marriage equality. So let's stand up for the rights of ALL adults to have the relationships to which they mutually agree.
Almost all who do oppose or have opposed interracial, same-gender, polyamorous, and consanguineous sexuality/relationships/marriage have done so for two primary reasons:
1. personal disgust
2. their religion
Sometimes those two reasons are indistinguishable.
But when people are calmly but firmly asked to think it through, and their concerns are addressed, they realize that there is no good reason to oppose consensual relationships between consenting adults. When someone insists that it is still OK or right to oppose polyamorous or consanguineous relationships, they are almost invariably bringing back an argument that they just dismissed when it comes to other freedoms to marry. To say that it is permissible to deny polyamorous or consanguineous lovers their rights, someone actually undermines the case for their own rights.
momentum is strong and increasing. We're not going to see a reduction in LGBTQ rights; we're going to see a continuing advance. Including rights for the polyamorous or consanguinamorous will not jeopardize this; rather, standing up for relationship rights for all will strengthen the rights for LGBTQ people. That is true because the people are evolving, for the most part, not because they no longer have their own aversions to relationships different than their own (many of them still do), but because they can think and they have thought through it and realized that consenting adults should be themselves and have their relationships and not be treated as second class citizens for doing so. When someone says we should support rights for consenting adults ...except for polyamorous and consanguinamorous relationships they are actually undermining LGBTQ rights and the related freedoms to marry, because the people to whom they are making their appeal find the appeal insincere.
What’s the problem with letting consenting adults be together the way they want? Challenge the prejudiced. They won’t have a good answer. They’ll scoff, or jump up and down, or point and say “See!!!” But those aren’t arguments. They don’t explain why we should discriminate against any consensual relationships between adults.
Over and over and over again, this blog has called for solidarity between marginalized communities and their allies so that we stand up for the rights and dignity of all adults to be themselves and have their relationships. Will you do please likewise???
Equality "just for some" is not equality! Full marriage equality will happen sooner or later. We're helping to make it sooner. There's no good reason to deny it. The leadership of Australia can make history and lead the way for the whole world. Change the laws so an adult is free to marry ANY and ALL consenting adults.
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As we see, there is no good argument against full marriage equality. So let's stand up for the rights of ALL adults to have the relationships to which they mutually agree.
Almost all who do oppose or have opposed interracial, same-gender, polyamorous, and consanguineous sexuality/relationships/marriage have done so for two primary reasons:
1. personal disgust
2. their religion
Sometimes those two reasons are indistinguishable.
But when people are calmly but firmly asked to think it through, and their concerns are addressed, they realize that there is no good reason to oppose consensual relationships between consenting adults. When someone insists that it is still OK or right to oppose polyamorous or consanguineous relationships, they are almost invariably bringing back an argument that they just dismissed when it comes to other freedoms to marry. To say that it is permissible to deny polyamorous or consanguineous lovers their rights, someone actually undermines the case for their own rights.
To this day, there are people who say civil rights are for African-Americans. Not for gays, not for Mexican Americans. Don't play that game. Don't let that happen in Australia. Stand up for the rights of all adults. You don't have to like the idea of interracial relationships, or same-gender relationships, or polyamorous relationships, or consanguineous relationships to realize that people should have their rights.
Standing up for full marriage equality is not only the principled thing to do, it is the practical thing as well. There are people who are suffering right now because their loving, lasing, happy, healthy relationship is denied equality or even criminalized. This is not right, and it needs to end.
Standing up for full marriage equality is not only the principled thing to do, it is the practical thing as well. There are people who are suffering right now because their loving, lasing, happy, healthy relationship is denied equality or even criminalized. This is not right, and it needs to end.
What’s the problem with letting consenting adults be together the way they want? Challenge the prejudiced. They won’t have a good answer. They’ll scoff, or jump up and down, or point and say “See!!!” But those aren’t arguments. They don’t explain why we should discriminate against any consensual relationships between adults.
Over and over and over again, this blog has called for solidarity between marginalized communities and their allies so that we stand up for the rights and dignity of all adults to be themselves and have their relationships. Will you do please likewise???
Equality "just for some" is not equality! Full marriage equality will happen sooner or later. We're helping to make it sooner. There's no good reason to deny it. The leadership of Australia can make history and lead the way for the whole world. Change the laws so an adult is free to marry ANY and ALL consenting adults.