Despite it being three years on since the federal ban on homosexual marriage, the gay and lesbian community have not given up their fight. On August 12th around 3000 people protested demanding marital and adoption rights. While this is heavily controversial issue that dates back decades, Australia's gay community has been struggling for these rights for years and continues to demand the same respect as heterosexual martial unions. Across NSW, Sydney and Victoria the gay community rallied the streets casing conflict with police, particularly Sydney where thousands of the gay community protested down Oxford street to the town hall. While Conservative religious and family-first groups condemn this, Green's senator Kerry Nettle declared, "It’s a clear pattern about the prime minister trying to garner votes from the conservative religious fundamentalists within the community and in doing so seeking to scapegoat a particular section within our community.” As gay bashings have recently been on the rise, Rachel Evans, an organiser of the protest and also Socialist Alliance candidate for Sydney argued, "Our love is not second class".This war of conflicting ideas seems to be never ending, and ultimately I believe gay marriage does not impose any threat on society so why not legalise it? Members of long and fulfilling gay relationships can have all the right reasons to marry, except it is unacceptable within the eyes of the law. The law's perception of what marriage is should be evolving just as Australia continues do so, the notion of being homosexual should no longer be seen as something to frown down upon, rather just a way people chose to live their life. And ultimately who are we to judge?
*References Greenleft weekly
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