The inability of politicians to set aside the principle of marriage equality ahead of their own political interest is one of the key reasons Australia is lagging behindHistorians will witness back on this week as one of the most frustrating in Australia’s protracted marriage equality debate.
Liberal opponents of the reform tried to link marriage equality with the Safe Schools program and Safe Schools with paedophilia, giving the nation a foretaste of the nasty narratives that will be deployed during a plebiscite campaign.
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Source: theguardian.com