Quick Hit: How I'll Be Voting 2010

[thorfinn]

I'm in Higgins: http://www.aec.gov.au/election/vic/higgins.htm

We appear to have a Greens house of reps candidate, so my $2.31 worth of primary vote will be heading to them. Then in order, Independent I.T. Nerd, Blind Young Labor Guy, Liberal Ms I'm Not Costello Honestly, and Family First Goes Last.

For the Victorian Senate, I started with the Australian Sex Party ticket, and played with it until it made me happy... ;-) So my ticket looks like:

https://www.belowtheline.org.au/editor.html#vic-GFEDC76543fhjlnokmTSRpqVUabcQPvwxYXON0ZMJLK21BWAzydegirstuIH

Thus, my $2.31 primary senate vote goes to the Australian Sex Party - who are standing up against pretty much everything that I consider very wrong with what's going on in Australian Politics.

The rest of the ticket is scattered around issues parties, and preference flow will no doubt primarily wind up landing on Labor in the middle of my ticket. I've put Conroy towards the bottom of the ticket, but not last.

The switch-over point on my ticket (where I go from numbering in group ticket order because I'm "for", instead of numbering upside down because I'm "against") is at the Lib/Nat coalition ticket, starting at number 36.

Pretty much everyone below that point, including the Lib/Nat coalition, are mostly religious nut cases of one stripe or another that wish to do things that are bad for me and my friends. I have absolutely nothing against religious people, but the groups in politics are truly nut cases who wish to do harm to me and my friends.

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[thorfinn]

What bad things? Censorship, a classification scheme gone way overboard, and interference in my private life. The religious nutcases don't just want to make gay marriage illegal, they want to make being gay illegal. They want to make anything that isn't their form of sanctioned heterosexual sex between godfearing white people with the lights off and no pleasure in it for the woman illegal. That's what I fear, with good reason.

[darren_stranger]

Hmm, while i haven't seen anyone openly calling for homosexuality to be criminalised, i don't doubt that some would like to see that. Reading the Christian Democratic Party's policies on education (including teaching the dangers of homosexuality), immigration (including preference for Christians and a moratorium on Muslim immigrants) and religious freedom (including the right to refuse to rent a home to a gay couple) is enough for me to move them to the bottom of the list.

[thorfinn]

First there's Family First Wendy from Queensland, who thinks that being gays is just like child abusers (which is a criminal offence).

http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/family-first-candidate-wendy-francis-stands-by-gay--slur-on-twitter-20100809-11s5c.html

Then there's One Nation Victorian President John Groves, who thinks gays should be bashed, and Hitler failed to "finish the job" on the Jews.
http://hoydenabouttown.com/20100809.7946/onp-supports-gaybashing/

Find upstanding examples of the "moral right", they are.

[darren_stranger]

So much stupid, so little room at the bottom..

[(Anonymous)]

Have a look at the changes in reproductive rights laws in Victoria and the changes that have come in regarding access to IVF. If they tried to bring in CPOC and police checks for people who don't require ART to conceive (in other words heterosexual couples who do not have a medical condition or other cause impacting upon their fertility) the screams would be heard on the moon. The changes in the law were brought about because homosexual and single people wanted access to ART.
BTW: My names Cate and I'm only a nonnymouse on here as I can't be bothered creating an account.
Thorfi thank you for the link and the interesting discussions. *hugs*

[thorfinn]

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[darren_stranger]

I wonder if we'll live to see a time when the very idea of homophobia is as anachronistic as racism, sexism and religious discrimination are now.. oh, wait. :(