What I wrote on my personal Facebook Page the day the results of the Marriage Equality Plebiscite were read out. On this post there were around 150 “likes” and a flow of positive commentary, but no diabolical attacks from the the “No” campaign supporters.
“I celebrate this YES decision with all LGBTIQ folks. I have made constant changes in the way I have responded to and see the world over my short life but as a white middle class heterosexual male I have had nothing like the horror of adaption and pain so many minorities have and still do endure- First Nation sisters and brothers, asylum seekers and the Islamic community for eg. Today though, the sense is one of life given, hope injected, love winning and fear exorcised. I see the tears of relief in Penny Wongs face and I am moved to tears. To the gatekeepers, as I tried to be once, who promelgate a position of superiority and spiritual insight wanting us to follow your fear/law based narrow graceless pharisaism – I understand it well and it is a poison. Your position is in the wrong spirit. Today this country – though I was opposed to the survey – has shown grace, love, level ground and mate ship. I do not want to have a debate, as I might get nasty! Let’s hope those knuckleheads in Canberra can make sure we see a fair go for all in a straightforward legislation.”
ABOVE: Me in preparation for Emily’s and Alice’s Wedding in 2015. What a hoot that was. Unable to be legally married, it was still a day of joy, conducted in hope of a day of legalisation of the union. We were asked to come and dress – and be – outrageous. We were! [ Maeve and I and everybody else]
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