When you look up "love" in the dictionary, it is defined as “an intense feeling of deep affection”. Not anywhere does it state that it has to be shared between same or opposite genders. In countries such as the United States, Canada, France, Ireland, and Spain, same sex marriage is legalised and widely accepted by the general public, and I strongly believe Australia should follow suit. Just recently in the Melbourne CBD, there was protest on the steps of parliament House that called for the state and federal governments of Australia to allow MP’s to vote on this issue in August. There are ample reasons that gay marriage should be legalised, and my three points are that Australia is a forward thinking nation that should support this, most Australians already believe it should be legal, and the only reason it is still illegal is because of ancient religious laws which should certainly be ignored. …show more content…
I think it is nothing short of an embarrassment how we, as a democratic nation, still prevents this basic right to be achieved by many. According to a Crosby Textor poll done across Australia in 2011, it is estimated that around 72% of Australians support marriage equality, and an overwhelming 81% of people aged 18 - 24 support it. Yet somehow, through this blindingly evident poll, we still have not had a chance to vote for it. Another piece of evidence to come out of this poll was the religious aspect of things. Marriage equality is largely seen to be a religious debate, yet this poll showed that a majority (53%) of Australian Catholics believed homosexual marriage should be legalised. So many people claim that marriage is interlinked with religion and is very sacred, yet most Australian Catholics do not even believe it should remain illegal. These statements beg the question, do we really live in a true democracy if we’re not able to vote for something a majority of us believe