State and church recognition should not be confused.
GAY marriage will not go away. The reason is simple: most Australians accept being gay as a fact of life – a matter of innate identity and biology. Only a minority holds to the old prejudice that homosexuality is unnatural, thus justifying discrimination. That was Greens MP Adam Bandt’s point in moving last November that MPs consult their electorates.
MPs reported back yesterday. Unsurprisingly, their reports largely accorded with their own views. Most Australians do not need MPs’ unreliable findings to know that many claims about gay marriage are as ridiculous as they are out of touch with contemporary norms. Coalition politicians Bob Katter and Barnaby Joyce drew cheers at last week’s anti-gay-marriage rally in Canberra, but their views are those of a minority.
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