Throughout
the 2007 federal election campaign Senator Penny Wong declared herself to be in
total agreement with the ALP’s anti-same-sex marriage policy. She argued –
rather persuasively – that that “there was a cultural, religious and historical
view of marriage between a man and a woman.” This past week Tony Abbott said
the very same thing. While acknowledging that for many people, including his
sister Christine, gay marriage represented “an important issue”, he believed in
“evolutionary change” and did not want to be stampeded into a “radical change
based on the fashion of the moment”. Senator Wong, who turned pro-gay marriage after the 2007 election, gave him a serve: “Note
to Mr Abbott: Equality is not a fashion item.”
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