Australians Decisively Support Same-Sex Marriage

[mikey4444]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-41992344

Nice to see that Oz is being dragged into the 21st Century, at last !

[albaqwerty]

it's still to get through Parliament tho.
Hope it does.

[mikey4444]

Alba....I don't think there is much doubt about that....
its difficult to ague with 61.6% !

[albaqwerty]

agree, Mikey.
A large turn-out for a voluntary referendum, if the MP's want to keep their seats, then I think they should 'go with the flow'

[ummmm]

Hopefully they do.

I seen some awful homophobic posts regarding it.

[mikey4444]

Ummm...its that Ocker mentality I'm afraid !

[naomi24]

What's an Ocker mentality?

[ummmm]

Never heard of that expression before but I wouldn't call it that. There's a sizeable proportion of the population who are against gay marriage regardless of their feelings towards homosexuality.

[mikey4444]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocker

[ummmm]

Naomi - "a rough, uncultivated Australian man."

[naomi24]

I've not heard that either. Thanks Mikey.

[MallyJ]

Jolly good....I have a hat and frock.....hopefully I will get an invite to at least one of them.

[naomi24]

Yes, I looked at Mikey's link. Thanks Ummmm.

[Sqad]

mikey...I agree....I can't express my appreciation and reassurance that the 21 century has endowed upon me, it is certainly a revelation that has left me wondering how i have lived my life.

[pixie374]

You can get married as a lesbian, now, sqad ;-)
I've never heard of ocker either. I doubt even 100% of the UK agree with same-sex marriage.

[pixie374]

But i hope it goes through...

[mikey4444]

Morning Sqad !

I am sure that you can relax in the knowledge that Oz is a far away place, of which we know little, and that you stand little chance of being chatted up by a big, hairy, brawny Ocker !

https://i1.wp.com/karenstollznow.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/ocker.jpg

By the way, I am reliably informed by my nephew, who has dual British-Oz citizenship, that there is also such a thing as a female Ocker these days...sounds pretty frightful to me !

[Sqad]

pixie...LOL...indeed I can.
I have been thinking......perhaps my affinity for silk underwear in my female partners, was in fact a hidden desire for my personal yearning for dressing up in silk knickers and bra.
Too late for me to change, i shall have to forgo those unfulfilled pleasures.

[mikey4444]

lol Sqad !

[Sqad]

Morning mikey.
mikey...the Aussies have always been mad.
Back in the 60's the other firm appointed an Australian female registrar on the surgical side and she insisted on changing in the men's operating theatre changing room. She was as coarse in he language, built like a barn door, stripped off into big cotton knickers and sports bra and used OUR toilet. it almost put me off women for good.
Her appointment was only for a year.......

[jackthehat]

Excellent news.
Another nation stepping closer to full equality...