My reaction
was “here is another wealthy, heterosexual, Anglo-Saxon, privileged person using their
profile to promote the denial of a right that in my opinion, should be the
available to all people who may choose to exercise it.”
That right
of course is marriage.
My opinion,
as an Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual privileged person of little profile is, two people, no
matter their socially imposed label, should be able to make and exercise a
decision to legally marry. I have no spiritual or biblical teachings to impact
or support my opinion, no one is telling me what to believe and there is no
book of teachings that I can reference in support of my views.
All I can
offer is a belief that a diverse and inclusive Nation should give the respect of legislation to all
Australians to make a choice to have their love for another legally
acknowledged in law.
My opinion
differs from Margaret Court, very much so.
I suspect my
opinion differs from the majority of Australians, although we are not afforded a
binding vote to prove it.
I am
entitled to my opinion and entitled to express it.
Margaret
Court is entitled to her opinion and to express it.
I noted
today that the other airline in Australia, Virgin Australia, also supports
equality of marriage meaning Mrs Court may now have to fly Private in her own
country. (Imagine her interview with the pilot and the problems refusing to
charter an aircraft based on their beliefs may present, but that is another day
in Court).
I have read today
about the significant number of Australian Companies that support or have a similar
position to the Allan Joyce led Qantas.
These are
the same Companies that the Conservative element of the Coalition Government typically
seek to support. It is also the Conservatives forces, led by Tony Abbott that
prevent the Government having a free vote in Parliament to decide the issue of ‘marriage
for all’.
Instead of
vilifying Margaret Court for her announcement, let’s make it a focus to rally
our Corporates to support marriage equality and to put pressure on Conservative
Members of Parliament to cease objection to a free vote.
Let us
create a ground swell of opinion motivated by Mrs Court’s letter, to pass
marriage equality in to law.
And then,
let’s make the opening day of the Australian Open Tennis Tournament, and
specifically the matches played on Margaret Court Arena, a day to honour and celebrate
marriage equality in Australia.
Let’s look
at this differently?
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