DLuded, I think it is you that is offside, you often go off on tangents and engage in shadow boxing.
For the record, on same sex marriage let them have it, plenty of hetero couples wish that they were banned from marriage why should gays have all the luck?
And for DLuded , I am a private school educated, MCC member pinky lefto. I vote Green or Labor, I like the ABC and prefer Tony to Alan Jones, now you can pigeon hole me.
Edit:- I started out voting Liberal then Labor then Democrats then Green last time Independent, politically I have not changed much, however I have watched the parties move to the right. First the liberal then the Labor party. I think over time we are seeing parties move right then new parties appearing to fill the void.