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    27 days ago

    When gay marriage was being debated here in Australia my sister (who is gay) was super upset the whole time. She talked about how much the fight affected her and wished that people who were against would just understand.

    I told her I was a complete supporter of gay marriage for a whole bunch of reasons including:

    • human decency
    • equality
    • people who don’t like gay marriage can just… Not get married to another person of the same gender.
    • people should just mind their own fucking business

    However I did also point out that a lot of the loudest voices against gay marriage literally did not give a flying fuck about the issue, it was a convenient wedge and distraction for them, the people who need a group to vilify for political reasons would have to find another target for persecution as soon as they lost this particular convenient red rag to a bull.

    Today in Australia, I believe, the usual suspects who use fear and hatred as the bedrock of their politics have been able to tap into a deeper vein of ignorance to make Trans people that target.