Australia: Gay sinful immorality wants to be respected not just tolerated
Heterosexual politicians calling for a plebiscite on same-sex marriage don’t understand the fear and animosity faced by LGBTI Australians, the senior Labor frontbencher Penny Wong has argued. Wong raised the fact that LGBTI Australians face abuse online, that they are still victims of assault and fear holding hands in public, to demonstrate their opposition to a gay marriage vote by Australians. Homosexuality was an offence that resulted in a jail term; and Wong a committed lesbians wonders why ordinary people respond negatively to homosexual sin being displayed in public. Prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said a plebiscite would be conducted in a civil and respectful way. Australian Labor has stepped up its attack on the government’s plan for a plebiscite on the issue, Shorten describing it on Sunday as “a taxpayer-funded platform for homophobia”. Shorten a former union leaders who pushed his way into a mine rescue and took credit has no moral argument for changing traditional ma...