Just been watching the Glass House, a show on ABC. Now normally, I try to have as little to do with politics as I possibly can, The only reason I even enrolled to vote was because I would have had to pay a fine every time an election was on if I didn't or some bullshit like that...

BTW- these are the views of ONE PERSON (ie: ME) I do not enforce these upon others, I am merely invoking my right of freedom of speech.

Anyway. The first thing I want to talk about is this whole Howard against gay/lesbian marriages. Now I personally don't find anything wrong with this concept. People who get married, actually I'll rephrase that. I believe that people get married because they find someone who they love so much, or find themselves so compatible with, that they want to spend the rest of their lives together. Now, in my mind, if those two people happen to be of the same sex, good for them!! Seriously, what is the government afraid of? The marriages ending? More 'hetero' marriages end in divorce these days than ever before. The whole 'having kids' thing?? How many people have kids the natural way, but terminate them because they're unwanted, or worse! How many young mums have kids because they think that it will give them a companion in life. Those kids are often just as fucked up when they grow up. And 'hetero' kids wind up emotionally scared an abused as well. How do we stop that? Ban having kids till a full psych evaluation can be done? No that takes away our rights.
What about the whole Christian thing... 'God condemns gays... He sees it as an abomination etc' do you people realise how often the bible has been changed and re-written over the centuries. Unless any off you talk to God and heard this first hand... Sorry, not inclined to give you much time.
Gay's on playshcool? See above, and let me add, kids DON'T care, they react as their parents do, so lets raise a new generation of bigots hey?
There is nothing that can go wrong in a gay marriage that can't go wrong in a 'hetero' marriage, and kids will have an equal ratio of the level of love and nurturing they will receive no matter WHAT type of family environment they're born into. Homosexuality has occurred in just about every animal class all through history (yes, even ours) Why deny something that is not only part or our society as a whole, but part of our history?

The second thing that I just laughed like hell at, was the Americans reminding Australia of 'where they'd be without an American alliance'. To me, this says, leaders of Australia: We know that nearly all you countries population don't like us, but don't listen to them!!! We are always right (except on those few occasions, but we'll ignore them).

Another thing, is this whole new 'celebrity politician thing' First, Arnie Schwarzenegger, now Peter Garrett (the lead singer of Midnight Oil). So what if he's an activist? Want more votes? Go on big brother, I'm sure you'll get a majority then!

Finally funding. Now this is no laughing matter to me as the government is trying to increase HECS fees. University is hard enough for most of us, especially those from not so well off backgrounds, or those (like me) who had to leave their home environment to pursue a university degree. Yes, that was my choice, but paying and surviving is hard, and I DO NOT CHOOSE to pay even more. Listen to the students for once, increase funding to educational centres, and the public health system. We are supposed to be in an age where there is no class distinctions. However, those who have money, have the better care, better education and therefore are seen as the elite in the long run. We aren't in a 'democracy', as the word actually means. We are in a skewif heiracy of classes.