Real Equality’s downloadable essay contains the following: This voluntary, exclusive, lifelong relationship that involves the equality and union of both halves of humanity therefore represents the democratic principle itself… it is only the equality of men and women that can result in the actual human unity we describe as marriage. The most dramatic division in…
Should a free society based upon human equality view the sexual union of a man and woman in a marriage relationship as a pre-eminent expression of human sexuality worthy of special recognition in its laws, or not? To address this key question we must firstly look at the definition of marriage. It came to us as part of the great democratic…
Before discussing same sex marriage, we may well ask who’s actually having the discussion? Australians are certainly a diverse people. We come from many ethnic backgrounds. We favour different sides of politics. We follow different football codes. We have different interests and approaches to life. Our different belief systems might range from religious conservative to…
GET THIS INTO THE MARRIAGE DEBATE: 1. In marriage, the most dramatic division in humanity becomes the source of its deepest unity. 2. Marriage represents the democratic principle of human unity through the union of both sexual halves of humanity. 3. The current definition of marriage is the opposite of slavery. It describes the equality…