The British House of Commons has approved gay marriage. The NSW Parliament will debate a bill embracing it. It is a reform issue which the national and Tasmanian parliaments recently squibbed. To be fair, unlike their predecessors and most states, at least they debated the issue.
For some years, and across polls, a clear majority of us welcome gay equality. Why then are parliaments here not queuing to recognise it?
Similarly, why is abortion still formally a serious criminal offence, when even stronger majorities have long accepted a woman’s right to decide whether to continue a pregnancy?
