
Why voting YES is important
Rona Goold
Civil Celebrations Advocate
There are many reasons to vote YES
Rona Goold
Civil Celebrations Advocate
There are many reasons to vote YES
YES to our Family, Friends, Work Colleagues, Fellow Australians who serve their communities
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YES for The Rule of Law
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YES to Fairness
The Australian Marriage Act allows people from all other groups to marry whether this is by
So YES make the Marriage Act fair to all couples and all individuals who wish to marry people of the same sex. |
YES for Equal Access under Law
In Australia, marriage is a civil legal contract under Commonwealth law, regardless of couple's religious and other beliefs about marriage. Beliefs and attitudes are not necessarily based upon facts - rather upon what people think is true and what they feel is important (i.e. opinions). In a nutshell, allows same sex attracted people to enter all sorts of legal contracts such as those related to:
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YES to Uphold Anti-Discrimination laws
Basic requirement for civil marriage under the Australia Marriage Act 1961 are
However marriage law by its definition discriminates against the gender of one of the parties to the marriage. i.e. if one is male, the other person if male cannot enter that legal contract or if one is female, the other person if female cannot enter that legal contract. The Australia Marriage Act is silent on many aspects that have been raised in public conversations, because those matters are dealt with by other laws. So YES removes discrimination against same sex couple. |
YES to Freedom of Choice
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YES to Accepting Difference
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YES to Respect for Religious/ Ethical Belief
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YES to these Australian Values
- Marriage Equality upholds what most of us believe are traditional Australian values
Fairness, Equality, Non-Discrimination, Rule of Law, Tolerance,
Respect, Freedom of Choice, Freedom of Religion/ Ethical Belief
= A FAIR GO
Respect, Freedom of Choice, Freedom of Religion/ Ethical Belief
= A FAIR GO