Assembly passes civil unions reforms

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• Nice to know we have our priorities right. The government and greens claim they had vital legislation to pass before the election. Health in a shambles, AMC is a shambles, no electricity generating infrastructure and on it goes but we do have civil unions, enhanced human rights and needles in gaols.

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  Irene

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  August 23, 2012, 8:19AM

  • Irene - that is not a point of argument. By your reasoning, government would never act on issues of social justice because that's not what you deem to be a 'priority'. In fact, government is not solely about providing vital infrastructure, health and education and the like; it is about bettering the community as a whole and looking after socially marginalised and neglected groups. It does not automatically follow that the ACT government strengthening civil unions leads to worsening provision of services in other areas.
    But it is because of dismissive attitudes like yours that gay people affected by this (and their loved ones and their families and friends and neighbours and co-workers) have had to fight so long for their injustice to be heard.

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    T

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    August 23, 2012, 10:00AM

• Nothing like attracting votes when your popularity is dropping and an election is coming up.

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  Tony of Queensland

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  August 23, 2012, 9:12AM

• I believe in civil unions and gay marriage. I have suffered, so should they.

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  Lord Lucan

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  Canberra

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  August 23, 2012, 9:26AM

• Vital legislation to pass, give me strength, when are an Assembly ministers homosexual and lesbian PERSONAL AGENDA ISSUES more important than citizens and ratepayers abysmal health, suburban filth and overgrown areas, dangerous and damaged roads, signs etc, public consultation re almost everything, real policing etc etc etc.
  Remember when you come to vote this is an Assembly members PERSONAL AGENDA.

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  Nitro Gangster

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  August 23, 2012, 9:37AM

• Irene. Health a shambles, no electricity generating infra structure. What the? Actually none of these are problems because when Tony Abbott implements his plan to slash twenty thousand jobs from Canberra the queues for hospital beds will be much shorter, primarily because the place will be decimated. Compared with the rest of the country ACTEW is brilliant. For you this might be an unimportant issue, for others it is of the highest importance. It is about human rights and many Australians would probably consider human rights to be an important issue. In fact a majority of people surveyed believe in this policy.

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  Shenzencowboy

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  Canberra

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  August 23, 2012, 9:43AM

• Well done Canberra! Tasmania soon to follow, and then NSW! We will fight for our freedom and never give up.

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  Awesomeness

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  August 23, 2012, 9:52AM

• Luckily the "gay and lesbian community" granted permission to the greens to vote with it. Phew....that was close

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  WotTha?????

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  August 23, 2012, 12:16PM

• First world problems are funny. We get so upset when we can't do exactly as we please and make it Govts problem. Next the ACT Govt will try and make slow broadband a crime against humanity, or a crime to disagree with someone in case their feelings are hurt (aka racial vilification laws just passed). Why do we have local Govt at all in the ACT??

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  Joel

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  Canberra

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  August 23, 2012, 12:41PM

• why is the green labor coalition hell bent destroying the sanctity of marriage and destroying moral standards for the residences of the act.

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  old goat

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  canberra

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  August 23, 2012, 1:04PM