Australia legalizes same sex marriage

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TallSilhouette on 09 December 2017

I seem to remember a pretty great gay marriage ad for the country made years ago. Thought you guys had it for some time now. Congrats!

EDIT: Found it.

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curl-6 said:

Pemalite said:

Condoms seem to have fallen out of widespread use as more people go "bareback".

Government could lend a hand here and put Prep on the PBS in Australia.

It frankly baffles how me dumb people can be, having unprotected sex with strangers or outside of a closed relationship. I don't get it, how is it worth risking AIDS or an unwanted pregnancy just for a few minutes of "but it feels better".

Ultimately though, same sex marriage really has nothing to do with AIDS. Even if we overlook the fact that heterosexuals also catch HIV, it's not like gay people have been collectively waiting until they can get married before they start having sex.

Yeah. I don't get it either.
I mean, I have been guilty of doing it a few times, but usually been drunk as a skunk.

Also... "Stealthing" has started to become a thing too, where the top removes the condom during the middle of intercourse without the partner knowing.

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I voted no, so I'm made to feel like I have AIDS (it's a joke, nobody actually cares). I respect the decision of the rest of the nation though.

Sorry that you don't believe all Australian-born citizens should be seen and treated as equals in the eyes of the law.

Cobretti2 said:

next step full marriage equality. two siblings being able to marry if they so choose.

That is commonly referred to as a "Slippery Slope" argument which is a logical fallacy.

TallSilhouette said:
I seem to remember a pretty great gay marriage ad for the country made years ago. Thought you guys had it for some time now. Congrats!

EDIT: Found it.

GetUp! Australia has been a massive massive driver for equality in Australia for a stupidly long time.

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niallyb on 09 December 2017

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Cool, didn't realise they didn't. What's stranger is that Northern Ireland is different to the rest of the British Isles and I mean British Isles, not the rest of the UK but rest of Ireland too. So weird.

Thats because of a political party called the DUP. They are ultra right wing loyalists and socially almost militantly conservative. They control the NI assembly since Sinn Fein won't take their seats in protest.

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niallyb on 09 December 2017

jonager said:

Margaret Court be must delighted!.

She's fundraising like mad off it among her right wing base apparently

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merman on 09 December 2017

Cobretti2 said:

irstupid said:

That's unfortunate. That means that Aids is sadly on the rise again. Aids was an epidemic in the 90's, and basing that people are most active or multiple partners in their 20-30 age those people would be in their 50's now. So that makes sense that that age group has a lot fo them.

Seeing that under 30's is again the next biggest group, that means it must be coming back.

So what happened in the 2000's that slowed Aids and now it is coming back again. Is the awareness just not there anymore? Are people not as worried about it due to it being essentially curable? Heck I just re dad recently that its no longer a felony to not tell your partner you have Aids in California.

lol i was jsut makign a bad joke.

but now that you have put the effort into typing this out. It does make you wonder what has happened for it to be on the rise again.

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merman on 09 December 2017

Cobretti2 said:

Ruler said:

cool for the 1% who are affected

next step full marriage equality. two siblings being able to marry if they so choose.

Just quoting this for when the mods come in, incase you try to edit your comment

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Cobretti2 on 09 December 2017

merman said:

Cobretti2 said:

lol i was jsut makign a bad joke.

but now that you have put the effort into typing this out. It does make you wonder what has happened for it to be on the rise again.

Congratulations on showing you have 2 alt accounts, Thinkman

huh? i got one account. Think-man is a different person lol.

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Cobretti2 on 09 December 2017

merman said:

Cobretti2 said:

next step full marriage equality. two siblings being able to marry if they so choose.

Just quoting this for when the mods come in, incase you try to edit your comment

why would i edit my comment?

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Cobretti2 said:

merman said:

Just quoting this for when the mods come in, incase you try to edit your comment

why would i edit my comment?

He's assuming you have enough self awareness to be ashamed of writing something that we would expect to come out of Margaret Court's or Pauline Hansen's mouth. I guess he gives you too much credit :)

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