Australian Same-Sex Marriage Equality

very much for posting this. I'm in Adelaide and hadn't heard about it, so now it's on the top of my to-do list!

I'll be attending the equal love rally in Melbourne!

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i remember seeing the sydney advertisement at someone's myspace

I'm going to the equal love rally in Brisbane! :)

of course ill make a submission! I didn't really know anything about the equal love rally either but now i do so thanku! Will be at the Melbourne one!

This is very helpful!I am only an overseas student studying here in Australia, but I would love to see that same-sex couple have the right to get married! Good luck, Australians! 

> From Serious Sam II - "Hey, didn't I just kick your ass TWO rooms back??" <

there sould be a rally in adelaide, i'd organise one but being in year 12 takes up too much of my time to even attempt to do this.if anyone does let me know 

 

do your dance for diversity,

I usually keep myself to myself politically, other than voting. But for once I feel...well, enough to grow a pair & get involved.

So I wanted to post what I submitted and see what everyone thinks of it because I'm nervous (not just for the grammatical errors - had to submit before I chickened out), so I hope it passes muster:

I am sure you will receive more detailed and cogent arguments, more impassioned pleas, but what I want to say is that I do not want my family, my friends and their families, to be treated with disrespect or discrimination. Nor do I want that for anyone, especially those within my own country.

And yet that is how this country currently treats two consenting adults wishing to enter into the state of marriage. That is how the law would treat me if I found someone I loved, someone that I wanted to share my life with, someone that I wanted to officially join with and share marriage rights, responsibilities and benefits with; but only if that person happened to be the same sex as I.

Well, that doesn't sit too well with me.

As an Australian I would like my right to marry to be upheld regardless of the gender of the person I wish to marry - and I would wish the same for all other Australians.

Oh gods I hope it at least makes sense...it's 2:30AM and my eyes are too tired and my brain died years ago...at least it's submitted under agreement, that's the main thing, right?

Huzzah! I don't actually care much about marriage, really, but to me - this is about gaining equality and acknowledgement that same sex relationships are the same as hetero relationships. Not being able to marry someone of the same sex is alienating and petty.

I really like the Equal Love campaign videos on youtube. Seen them?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agGCyyD6D60

Yay! I'm going to the Melbourne rally! I've been having a hard time convincing people  to come along with me (mostly because my friends are ridiculously lazy), but I'm sure my amazing powers of persuasion will get to them sooner or later (with the help of chocolate from Max Brenner :P)