|
|
Australian Coalition
for Equality
|
Send a Quick Email
to the Prime Minister
It's easy to send a quick reminder to Kevin Rudd that
marriage equality matters. Clicking on the Prime Minister's label
will take
you straight to a form where you can send your email.
What should
I say?
Your email can
be short (just one sentence) or more detailed. It's up to you.
Although personal stories are more powerful, here are some general ideas you might
also like to consider mentioning:
-
Marriage is about
love and commitment. The government should
not be able to say who should marry whom.
-
Denying lovers the right to
marry is against human dignity.
-
The right to marry in your
own country is at the heart of citizenship. When
we have thousands of Australian citizens who are
denied full citizenship, citizenship itself is
weakened.
-
It is often claimed that marriage
is a
Christian or Jewish institution when, in fact,
marriage pre-dates both these religions. At any
rate, most marriages in
Australia occur through civil
ceremonies. Legal marriage should not discriminate against any
particular group of Australians or impose a
particular religious view on those who do not
share it.
-
Some ministers of
religion seek the right to marry same-sex couples.
Freedom of religion demands that these ministers
should also be able to conduct marriages in
accordance with their beliefs.
-
Australia not only insults
its own citizens by refusing to recognise their
same-sex marriages, it also insults the citizens
of other countries in legal same-sex marriages when they visit our country.
-
There have been no
detrimental consequences where same-sex marriage
has been introduced and support for same-sex
marriage increased markedly among voters within
months of its commencement in each of those
countries.
-
Most Australians support equal marriage. A Galaxy poll
published on 21 June 2007 showed 57% in favour, 37% against
and 6% undecided.
-
The right to marry gives
greater social and legal security to your
family. Denying this to some families while
giving it to others creates insecurity within
society and weakens the fundamental Australian
values of equality and belonging.
-
Remember key ideas: Love and
Commitment, Equality, Respect, Dignity,
Security, Belonging and Citizenship.
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful,
committed citizens can change the world. Indeed,
it's the only thing that ever has."
Margaret Mead
|
|
