Don’t call it marriage – interesting comment from Northern Territory gay community,<\/p>\n
\u00a0Darwin restaurateur John Spellman is one of the pioneers of the gay movement in the NT. During the 80s he made a name by running the popular gay nightspots known as Fannies and Dicks.<\/p>\n
Mr Spellman is an advocate of equality for the Territory’s gay community.<\/p>\n
However, he thinks a decision by the Northern Territory branch of the Labor Party to push the Federal Parliament to legalise gay marriage is wrong.<\/p>\n
“I believe that the federal party’s attitude is better. The word marriage shouldn’t be used in any form of, how do we put it, cohabitation ceremony. If you want a commitment ceremony why not?” he said.<\/p>\n
“But marriage is not the right word. It’s religious. It’s for a man and a woman to produce children. And I think you’d offend a lot of people by using the word marriage.<\/p>\n
“Civil union<\/span>, call it gay commitment ceremony<\/span>, call it what you like. It’s a commitment between two couples. It’s a legal thing. If they want a legal thing – legislation – some other word but not marriage<\/span>.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Article, NT Labor urges action on gay marriage<\/a>.\u00a0 Also, Marriage: why not a threesome?<\/a>\u00a0 and\u00a0 ‘marriage’: why corrupt it?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Don’t call it marriage – interesting comment from Northern Territory gay community, \u00a0Darwin restaurateur John Spellman is one of the pioneers of the gay movement in the NT. During the 80s he made a name by running the popular gay … Continue reading