Plebiscite In Australia Persuasive Speech

Good morning. I am William Vissenga and I am presenting to you on the behalf of the Australian Christian lobby, why our government should take control of the issue of reforming the marriage act and furthermore why a plebiscite should not be held. I ask you this, why do we vote every three years? The answer is simple, to choose a party that will form government. A government that will represent the people, a government that will hold the responsibility of making decisions on the behalf its people. These are the basic principles that underpin the Australian parliamentary system. These principles are responsible for every working of the fine nation we live in. However, currently our politicians are debating the responsibility of reforming marriage

A plebiscite as defined in the dictionary “is the direct vote of all the members of an electorate on an important public question”. In other words, the has government avoided the administrative decision on reforming marriage laws and now the general public has been called upon for the answer. However, a plebiscite does not have to be acted upon, if politicians so decide, they can completely ignore a plebiscite. A plebiscite can cost upwards of one hundred million dollars. Yes, it can be argued it is important to account for everyone’s views on a subject as important as marriage and that the choice should be given to every voting Australian, especially so that any decision made reflects the values of the majority. Unfortunately, I reiterate that any outcome of the plebiscite is not binding and furthermore some politicians are already stating they will ignore the outcome of the plebiscite. Thus having spent millions of tax payer’s dollars on a nation wide opinion poll. We need to place trust in our elected

In todays contemporary society those who oppose homosexual marriage for totally legitimate reasons are being labelled as “homophobes” and “bigots”. Furthermore, the vilification laws do not allow for people to openly air their opinions in a respectful matter if the oppose gay marriage. This has been seen in the case of Archbishop Julian Porteous, who became target of complaint following the distribution of anti-marriage equality flyers to 12,000 catholic schools. Ironically he was the subject of criticism for distributing the the document within Catholic schools. Yet the Pope, the leader of the catholic church still currently stands against against same-sex marriage. If a plebiscite where to be held at this point in time, people may act in fear of retribution leading to an inaccurate