Wednesday 13 September 2017

Kevin Rudd's godson bashed over marriage equality

Kevin Rudd's godson Sean
*Update: Man charged with punching Kevin Rudd's godson in same-sex marriage row 

 Again, coward Turnbull owns this. This hate that he's unleashed is entirely his fault. 

 Former PM Kevin Rudd tweeted about the Marriage Equality debate blaming Turnbull for his godson being clobbered at a bus stop, after he confronted a main when he was ripping down marriage equality posters at a bus stop. 

 The incident has been published on Facebook's Bulimba for Marriage Equality page, as well as Kevin Rudd's Twitter.

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BTW, tearing down opponents posters is illegal in an election, but of course those laws don't apply to the postal survey as the Australian Electoral Commission isn't rumming it. The bureau of statistics is.

 Justice Kirby (gay and in a 48 year relationship) has blasted the postal survey. 
Speaking at a graduation ceremony at the University of Adelaide, Mr Kirby, who is gay, said the survey shows once again gay Australians are singled out for discrimination and unequal treatment under the law. 


 He also lashed the federal parliament for "shamefully" failing to deal with the issue. 


"To submit the rights of a minority of citizens of this country to the voting decision of a majority of others as a precondition to the mere possibility of having the issue considered in the normal way in parliament is very hurtful," he told the ceremony. 


 "It is hurtful to me. It is hurtful to my partner of 48 years." 


Mr Kirby also pointed to similarities in the debate to the movement in the 1970s to repeal criminal laws against homosexuality. 


"Sadly, many of those who in 1975 opposed the change in the criminal laws now have their modern counterparts," he said. 


 "They are opposed to contemporary moves to remove inequalities, specifically in our laws on civil marriage." 


Mr Kirby also commented on last week's decision by the High Court to uphold the legality of the same sex postal survey. 


"It held that the survey was legal," he said. 


"But that does not make it any the less painful." 


Mr Kirby said the debate over marriage equality showed the primitive nature of constitutional protections for equal treatment under the law that would force some Australians to "jump extra hurdles and face outright hostility". Nine News  


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