Australia tells gays to get fucked

It's amazing how one burst of news, all along a certain theme, conjures a solid picture of something. Like when you read a half-dozen or so articles all about the way Australia reacts to homosexuality in general.

Like not giving a shit about one of the most draconian bits of legislation outside of the Uganda 'Kill the Gays' bill. Nah, fuck the Russian gays, Federal Parliament says.

And don't even try to find a better life somewhere else, we won't let you.

Mind you, even if we do make a promise here, don't expect anyone to, you know, actually honour it or anything. Update: This is some further info on this badly delivered promise. The PM has now announced a date to meet with the couples, early in the new year, significantly after the National Conference. Of course.

So sometimes, all you can do is hope that some other place hears what a bunch of douchebags Australia's government is being and waive certain bits of paperwork, like in New York or in the Netherlands.

Oh Australia, you're a fucking ugly country.

UPDATE: Then there's this. Now, I think by now most people will have worked out that I can't stand The Australian newspaper. Mind you anyone with an inkling of sense and a squirt of compassion should hate The Australian Pravda as well. If you can't be bothered reading it I will sum it up for you.

So, a right-wing newspaper desperately goes searching for some of the only people left in Australia opposed to same-sex marriage who don't wear jackboots or a pointy white hood. Sadly, all they find is Rocky Mimmo of the Ambrose Centre, a fella who's gone out of his way to campaign against stem-cell research, and also to promote the idea that religious figures and bodies should be free to slang each other, indeed anyone out, and not be subject to anti-vilification laws. He also held this talk last year. A lot of this stuff walks the line between intolerance and a touch-feely appearance. They're also connected to this mob, who look like Republozombies.

So what was grand poo-bah Mimmo's conclusion? The Australian public don't see the issue as a priority, so maybe, you know, forget about it for now...

That's it? Fuck me Australian, is this the best shit you can come up with?

"Religious, pro-vilification, anti-science think-tank, think Government should take longer to make up their minds about same-sex marriage, primarily because they're opposed to anything that intrudes on their superstitions, but don't want to come out and say that, because they'll look like a pack of c*nts if they do. This represents a serious challenge to the 'Gaypocalypse Agenda' says nameless spookshow from the Murdoch Goon Patrol.'

Yeah, um, get fucked.