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Matilda

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5. Ask for the research, and they look the other way.
Wed Nov 15, 2017, 08:04 PM
Nov 2017

Arguments are emotional and of course really mean they're homophobic.

Interesting that the results of the postal vote showed that the biggest single No vote came from Western Sydney - "Bible Belt" territory, and also a high proportion of Muslim voters, so their clerics have been hard at work. Western Sydney is also largely Labor territory, and Labor MPs campaigned hard for the Yes vote. So if they support the Bill currently being debated in Parliament, will they lost votes?

At the same time, in my electorate of Warringah, held by the lunatic Tony Abbott who campaigned loudly (and hysterically) for the No vote, the Yes vote was one of the highest in the country, 75%. You might think that Abbott has also lost touch with his electorate, and perhaps it's time for him to retire.

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