Really, Ken?? I find that hard to believe...

Okay, excuse my ranting, I know I have been doing a bit of it this week, but really I am cranky.

So, anyway I signed this petition on Tuesday night:

GetUp! Marriage Equality

It simply states this:

Yesterday at Parliament House in Canberra Bob Katter MP said the idea of same-sex marriage "deserves to be laughed at and ridiculed". He was joined by Labor MP John Murphy, who said, "My electorate accepts that all people are equal, but my electorate also accepts, in fact rejects, that not all relationships are equal."

The event's keynote speaker topped them all, saying: "It won't stop at homosexual marriage - look for polygamy and marriage between adults and children to be legalised. There is no greater dream for a paedophile than to be able to legally acclaim a child as his lover."

We have to fight this sentiment by demanding an end to the disgraceful discrimination that actively excludes members of our community from demonstrating their love through marriage.

If you believe in the statement on the right, hit your post code and send and you'll join the chorus of Australians calling for equality. Your local MP will be sent a note letting them know that you've done so and want them to stand up for equality also.

 Not two minutes later this email arrives in my inbox:

Thank you for your e-mail.

I am sorry I cannot agree with your views or statements.

The overwhelming majority of the people in the electorate of Flynn do not support change to the marriage act.

90% of the people in my electorate who have contacted my office do not wish to see any change at all.

I will be voting in accord with their views.

The current arrangement of civil unions does not deny same sex couple from any legal rights.  They can and do distribute their assets.

Regards  Ken O’Dowd

_____________

Federal Member for Flynn

Ph: (07) 49725465

Fax: (07) 49720888

Mob: 0418357777

www.kenodowd.com.au

Ken O'Dowd - Getting Things Done in Flynn

Now two things piss me off about this email.

1. Seeing that it arrived in quick succession to me signing the petition his office have obviously set up an automatic response for the petition email. This means two things to me (And I may be wrong), but just maybe they had been receiving enough of these emails to validate the need for an automatic response and therefore maybe the % in the above email is affected by this fact.


2. 90% off my electorate??? Really Ken! What world are you living in? 

I really have nothing more to say that will make any sense. To say that our countries politicians have left me angry and dumbfounded all week is an understatement. I don't think I have ever felt this angry at a politician ever and I am 'straight' and in a 'normal' marriage.

End Rant.

Some people should have never been born.

Alternatively titled- Bob Katter & Barnaby Joyce you are F*ckwits.

I jumped on twitter this afternoon and straight away notice that Bob Katter, Barnaby Joyce and Tony Abbot were trending. A feeling of dread built up in my stomach as I checked out the news for the day online. First up I came across this article-

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8286154/gay-marriage-should-be-ridiculed-katter

First off we have Bob and this quote-

"Truly this proposition deserves to be laughed at and ridiculed," he said to cheers and thunderous applause.

Yes, you read right. It was met by cheers and thunderous applause. I am disgusted that anyone can think like that. I am not naive enough to think that no-one does think that. But to publicly ridicule a large part of society is deplorable.

Then we have this by Barnaby Joyce, a father of four girls-

We know that the best protection for those girls is that they get themselves into a secure relationship with a loving husband, and I want that to happen for them.

 "I don't want any legislator to take that right away from me."

 WTF! First off, it makes me so so sad to think that as a father of four girls he is so closed minded. What if any of his girls are gay? How will they feel about themselves because of what their fathers beliefs are? Please tell me what exactly it is that we are protecting them from?

And how is any of the legislation in the Marriage Equality Bill impacting on his daughters ability to marry a loving husband if they choose to do so?

My keyboard is hating me right now for the pounding it is getting, but I am so very angry right now. I am disgusted that people in this nation actually support the beliefs of those to f*ckwits, I am astounded that they have had enough votes to be members of Parliament and I am embarrassed that they are both from the state that I call home.

US Politics just got funny...

Or should that be funnier? What with Donald Trump announcing his intentions to run for President in 2012.

But seriously check out these videos, they are classic and you WILL laugh out loud.

See, I told you that you would laugh out loud! Which is exactly what I needed today!

Edit: So little did I know that less than an hour after I posted this it would go and get all serious again with the announcement that Osama Bin Laden is dead...