More Legislation Changes

[deonon]

The government has, or is set to change superannuation laws to allow financially interdependant people (who are not married) to have the same rights as thoses that are. I find it interesting, as they will include same-sex couples along with siblings who live together under this legislation

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[cute_n_fluffy]

I remember watching as a teenager a doco on galileo and how the Catholic church at the time of his big announcement (that the sun was the centre of the universe and not earth) hung him out to dry. Than a few years later quietly adopted his research as fact as if it had always been that way.

That taught me a lot about politics and manipulating the masses. I think your right. But I also think if people start pointing it out the Libs would be more than happy to jump on the anti-gay bandwagon again.

[deonon]

That's true. If you look at Galileo and Kepler, who were both pushing the same theory, only Galileo was getting in trouble, whilst the Jesuists and Catholic Church were trying to recruit Kepler. Why the difference? Galileo was attacking people who were holding onto the Ptolemaic system (and mocking the pope) whilst Kepler was mainly publishing dry books of data and mathematical hypotheses.

I guess if you are pragmatic and want results rather than drama, sometimes it's best to fly in under the radar.

[sim_james]

   That’s possible. It’s also possible that there are pro-queer people in the Liberal Party who are quietly introducing items such as this without calling out their significance to some of their peers.

Or maybe the Libs are just fighting for the rights of financially interdependent unmarried spinster aunts?

[deonon]

Probably a little from both...maybe there are a large number of financially interdependant unmarried spinster aunts in marginal seats ;)

I didn't intend for it to sound conspiracy-theory-esque, but more of a demonstration of possible pragmatic politics.

[sam_sonite]

I had an Economic History teacher my first semester that said something quite interesting