Re: SSM Plebiscite
Reply #230 –
Thry, I'm actually a "yes" voter.
But that vote and the vote of others has to come for the right reasons not because of being guilted or bullied into it!
If people vote for the wrong reason, things will become very bad because they don't really believe it!
I also think people have the right vote anyway they choose, which seems to grate some.
LP, I don't really care which way you want to vote.
I have a different scenario for an outcome that I am much happier with.
I will be filling out my form ticking zero boxes and sending it back to our government.
The reason: To make a statement. Initially I was going to vote No, and then I swung around to Yes, and of late I have decided that this is a tiresome debate, and a message needs to be sent to our leadership that will actually have an impact.
Why??
Voting No achieves nothing. The status quo will remain, and the push for SSM will rage for the rest of my lifetime. I personally believe we have much bigger issues that we need to be concerned about than whether or not this community can get married.
This made me start to think about voting Yes. Get it over and done with, but I don't like the way this has gone. Particularly the backlash towards Carlton for remaining Switzerland on the debate and being attacked for it.
I have decided the best way for me to make a statement on the issue, is to vote nothing. I will send back my form blank, so I can make a statement that is more in line with where I sit on this subject, and that is for our government to make that decision so we can get on with it. If they see fit to change legislation do so, but ensure that people's ideologies are protected.