More random junk, as threatened

[dreamer_easy]

In the election hoo hah down here I missed the fact that the Marriage Protection Amendment died the death in the US. (Ta kelliem for that link.) This only doubles Australia's shame in actually having a law against gay marriage already. WTF is the point?! Cui bono for heavens sake? Employers and insurers, I suppose.

And speaking of employers, here's Entitlement and the Modern Fandom, and a big fuck you to the fanboys who reckon they're my employer. (Admittedly, I'm keen to read some of the alternative Marmadukes suggested, which only proves I'm a total New Adventures-befuddled pervert.)

Comments

[drox.livejournal.com]

WRT the marriage thing... I'm afraid it isn't really dead. It is, as the Miracle Max put it, just mostly dead. And mostly dead is a bit alive. I'm all but certain someone will reintroduce some variation of this bill, and keep reintroducing it until it gets passed, or the devil is playing ice hockey in hell, whichever comes first. Blargh.

WRT to the entitlement article... does Jon know about all the offers of free sex you've no doubt been getting from your die-hard fan base?

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

Jon reckons the marriage law was only intended as a sort of decoy - they knew they couldn't pass it, but wanted to identify the politicians in favour. I read online the rushed conscription law was a similar tactic, so they could kill it themselves! These people barely drink tea without a strategem.

I'm looking for ways Australia's law could be got off the books. We don't have a Bill of Rights, but there must be ways of challenging its legality. Must learn more about this.

As for the free sex, I took the first offer that presented itself. :-)