| Hunter calls for gay marriage |
| Written by Ron Hughes |
| Thursday, 18 June 2009 13:24 |
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Hunter said the government was increasingly out of step with public opinion on the issue. The latest Galaxy Poll, commissioned by Australian Marriage Equality, showed 60 per cent of Australians currently favour same-sex marriage with only 36 per cent opposed. Four per cent were undecided. “The Government has always avoided this topic by saying that the community did not support gay marriage,” said Mr Hunter after his speech. “That’s not a very convincing response anymore.” ‘It is time for the Australian government to address this issue, and make marriage equality a reality for all Australians.’ For the full text of Ian Hunter’s speech click here.
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Homosexuality is not a choice
written by jerry hernandez , June 19, 2009 Homosexuality is not a choice. Just like you don't choose the color of your skin, you cannot choose whom you are sexually attracted to. If you can, sorry, but you are not heterosexual, you are bi-sexual. Virtually all major psychological and medical experts agree that sexual orientation is NOT a choice. Most gay people will tell you its not a choice. Common sense will tell you its not a choice. While science is relatively new to studying homosexuality, studies tend to indicate that its biological. http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/03/differential-brain-activation.pdf http://www.newscientist.com/channel/sex/dn14146-gay-brains-structured-like-those-of-the-opposite-sex.html Gay, Straight Men's Brain Responses Differ http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,155990,00.html http://www.livescience.com/health/060224_gay_genes.html http://www.springerlink.com/content/w27453600k586276/ http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2008/06/16/172/ There is overwhelming scientific evidence that homosexuality is not a choice. Sexual orientation is generally a biological trait that is determined pre-natally, although there is no one certain thing that explains all of the cases. "Nurture" may have some effect, but for the most part it is biological. report abuse
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The Hon Ian Hunter MLC made an impassioned speech in the Legislative Council yesterday calling on the Federal Government to introduce gay marriage.
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