Donating a 'you-can-marry' card.

Dear Mr Leigh

I am single, hetrosexual woman in her 20's and I have no desire to marry.

There are, however, plenty of people in my demographic that do. It may surprise you to learn that some of these people-these people in a community for which you have political responsibility – are homosexual. 
I’m writing to campaign my support for an individual’s right to marry, irrespective of their preferences. As a society, we are increasingly critical of the choices of others. This doesn’t align well with our increasingly progressive, educated and open-minded society.

Mr Leigh, many members of my family have experienced loveless marriages, which impacted them significantly. They had miserable lives, and that extended to others around it that witnessed it,heard about it and shared the burden.
What makes it more right for a man and a woman that don’t like each other to marry, but not for a homosexual couple that are very much in love, and wanting to marry for the right reasons? I’ll happy happily donate my special, heterosexual ‘you-can-marry’ card to someone more deserving of the privilege.

More to the point, Mr Leigh, if they were allowed to marry, how would this affect you? Specifically, you? And more importantly, how would the marriages of others affect the government now? The government should not be effected by the relationships of the Australian public and shoudl focus its efforts more so on creating good public policy than domineering the decision-making capacity of others.

This decision is not about what is meant by ‘marriage’ in the Church, the constitution, or any other public document. This is a decision for an individual, for people, not for a government. 

And so, I pledge to you that the Government should no longer concern themselves with this issue. Divert the resources spent on this issue to causes for public good, and leave this choice to an individual’s discretion.




Regards,


Kerrie Robertson