tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029920.post8086356540385197781..comments2008-09-26T11:29:35.760+10:00Comments on Sometimes Blue: Gay Rights and EqualitySuperdrewbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02536178153801137690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029920.post-85009646836578125852008-09-26T11:29:00.000+10:002008-09-26T11:29:00.000+10:00I definitely agree that I won't count my chickens ...I definitely agree that I won't count my chickens until it is passed, but I am hopeful....Superdrewbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02536178153801137690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1029920.post-41483892500462558242008-09-26T10:37:00.000+10:002008-09-26T10:37:00.000+10:00I dunno - I'm remaining very cautious until the da...I dunno - I'm remaining very cautious until the day I see the bills are literally gazetted before I get too excited. <BR/><BR/>I notice the Senate committee investigating the big omnibus bill and the super bill has been given ANOTHER time extension so they won't be reporting back until 2 weeks after they were originally meant to. <BR/><BR/>And having been reading the committee Hansard (yeah I know, I need to get out more), Barnett the leading Lib Christian warrior has been treating some of the pro-equality witnesses like suspected communists during McCarthyism - 'Do you or have you ever supported same-sex marriages and gay couples raising children?', that sort of thing. I don't see his ilk giving up without a fight, Turnbull and Brandis' presumably good intentions notwithstanding. <BR/><BR/>Chalk it up to years of disappointment under the Libs I guess. Hope I'm proved wrong.Samhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00278836319276905825noreply@blogger.com