Shooting down the SSM misnomers

Not that I will be voting No in the same-sex marriage postal survey but I thought I'd go through some of their arguments against same sex marriage.

Same Sex Marriage will impinge on freedom of speech

No, it won't. Two people of the same gender who are in love and want to recognise their commitment to each other through the act of marriage won't stop protests against coal fired power stations or the latest gripe from Tony Abbott about Malcolm Turnbull's leadership. Indeed same sex marriage won't stop people ringing talkback radio to whinge about banks or the fact today's modern teenagers are a bunch of no hopers, your right to free outrage is safe as per most are doing right now with their spurious claims.

Same Sex Marriage is a Disaster for Religious Freedoms

Another furphy, the only way same-sex marriage would hurt religious freedom was if people were so angered by priests conducting same sex marriage ceremonies that they ultimately wouldn't go to the church anymore.

Same-sex marriage won't stop Christians being Christians, Islam being Islam and so on. If anything religion will continue being religion while most in leadership in Anglican and Catholic church condemn same-sex marriage while shuffling on abusive paedophile priests from one denomination to another.

In other words, God will not deny Lyle Shelton his thirty virgins if he wanted them because LGBTIQ people are allowed to marry.

Schools will force homosexuality on children

Yet again this is just a load of nonsense. I see more parents pushing their views and their ideas on their children than teachers at school, same-sex marriage won't see schools ram homosexuality down children's throats, its more a case of schools encourage children to be 'who they are' and if a boy of mine wanted to go to school in a dress, I'd legit say "okay' because that is his choice and not one that I have forced upon him.

Legalisation of same-marriage won't fundamentally change education at all and it's time people stop trying to say it will because it won't.

Other quick shoot downs.

1. Yes, LGBTIQ relationships breakdown and don't work but heterosexual relationships also suffer the same problems. It wasn't that long ago that it was found that half of all marriages end up in divorce.
2. Same-sex marriage only affects those that would benefit from it being legalised. The question is whether two people of same gender who are very much in love should be allowed to celebrate their love and commitment to each other by getting married so if you aren't homosexual than you won't be affected by the law changing.

LYRICS: I'm Your Yesterday's Girl

I am not the girl you want to see

Well you know that’s just fine by me

Hey honey, I feel just the same

It’s not the same since I found out

What your lying games were about

Hey baby, I’m your little fool no doubt.

 So you can stop bringing up her name

She’s not the one I’m placing the blame

Damn it man, your excuses are lame

It’s just the guilt that’s killing you

It shows in everything that you do

Goodbye baby, I think it’s time I go

It’s the blame game you want to play

You say I’m at fault for your moral decay

Goodbye baby, I’m your yesterday’s girl today

You know I’ve been thinking you were right

Maybe I was a little too clingy and uptight

Pushed you to her on a ‘quiet work’ night

I’m sorry that I didn’t hold you tight

Love you all the way through the night

Still doesn’t make what you did right

You can stop bringing up her name

She’s not the one I’m placing the blame

Damn it man, your excuses are lame

It’s just the guilt that’s killing you

It shows in everything that you do

Goodbye baby, I think it’s time I go

It’s the blame game you want to play

You say I’m at fault for your moral decay

Goodbye baby, I’m your yesterday’s girl today

Now you’ve condemned us to history

After I solved you’re on the side mystery

This yesterday’s girl has finally broken free

You can stop bringing up her name

She’s not the one I’m placing the blame

Damn it man, your excuses are lame

It’s just the guilt that’s killing you

It shows in everything that you do

Goodbye baby, I think it’s time I go

It’s the blame game you want to play

You say I’m at fault for your moral decay

Goodbye baby, I’m your yesterday’s girl today

Yeah, I'm your yesterday's girl today...

(Lyrics written by Julie Keast)

SSM vote: It's not my right to deny another person happiness.

I thought I'd write this because I wanted to get my thoughts down as to why I am voting yes and I won't be persuaded otherwise.

For me, rhis impending same sex marriage survey is asking me to decide on whether homosexuals should have the same right as heterosexuals to happiness and fuifilment in life from a committed relationship where a person pledges their love forever to somebody, they say wedding day is meant to be the happiest day of any couple's life? I can't deny somebody that just because they are LGBTIQ, it's not right or even remotely fair to deny a person a chance to be happy, I just don't see how in any way I have the right to deny a group of people the right to be happy because of their sexual orientation.

Voting 'no' and possibly denying somebody the right to happiness based on their sexual orientation would make me a coward, bully and a hypocrite, all I ever want from life is to be happy, how can I justify the want to be happy when playing a part in denying somebody else's happiness is just something that doesn't sit right with me.

This is not a survey on religious freedom, freedom of speech or any other stuff you have heard spouted by various people who have been quite prolific in the media in recent times, this is a survey on allowing two people who are of the same gender and are in love the right to marry and be happy just like Adam and Eve or Mark and Claire are and I am not about to pick up a pen and deny Susan and Jenny or Thomas and Nathan that right to be happy and show their love and commitment to each other because quite simply it is not and never has been my right to deny happiness.