On the marriage equality postal survey
Meredith Williams writes: Re. “On what legal basis did the High Court approve a statistically meaningless opinion poll?” (Friday)
On Saturday we were herded into a compulsory, binding vote for local councils most of us either didn’t want or don’t care about. This week we begin the process of an optional, non-binding survey regarding something many of us deeply desire and most of us endorse. This seems a perverse distortion of the democratic process.
David Ayliffe writes: Re. “The Yes Camp’s Hostility to Religion is Losing them votes” (Thursday)
I suspect that there are more Christians in Australia who support marriage equality than those who don’t. Irfan Yusuf’s article does not tell the whole story. Unfortunately groups like the Australian Christian Lobby get far too much coverage because of the profile they have managed to achieve as a lobby group.
Yeah, I’m sick of hearing Christians talked about as if they are a monolith. It is absurd, for instance, that the ACL can argue that lifting the prohibition is bad for religious freedom, while that prohibition stops some Christian churches from marrying their gay and lesbian members.
Frankly, if this sort of rubbish is all the No campaign can manage, they’re toast.
“I suspect that there are more Christians in Australia who support marriage equality than those who don’t.”
Me too. Those of my friends who are Christians who attend church regularly (and are mostly in their 60s and 70s) all seem intent on voting yes.