Not-That-Bright
Andrew Quah
Yes, Sarcasm. I just thought it was interesting you used the word 'church'.By broadchurch we dont mean of the religious variety, we mean in terms of opinions. Or are you just being sarcastic.....
In Australia, we have a two party system. Now if you have views which are different to either of these two parties then instead of going off renegade style and creating your own party or voting for some minor party, it is wiser to join the party which you feel is closest to your views and influence it from the inside.No, these issues will have varying opinions within the liberal party. Some will be extremely opposed to anything to do with homosexuality, whereas others may support gay marriage. As said earlier, its a broad church. The only thing is that why on earth would you join a party which does not reflect your views.
It is not as if every single right-wing, conservative perspective on an issue is necessarily what the typical liberal voter would have.Of course social policy is going to gradually move forward. The point I was trying to make is that the Liberal party fills a very important gap in the political landscape. They are the major conservative party. For a bunch of left wing people to take over that party would not only destroy their electoral chances (as who now is going to vote for them), but it would no longer represent the views of conservative australians.
That's different to saying 'If you're for the environment, if you're for gay marriage - this is not the party for you'.If you stand for compulsory student unionism, drug-injecting rooms and lowering the [homosexual] age of consent, you can choose the Greens, Labor or the Democrats
I don't think it's about what he tolerates, it's more about what the broader 'Liberal' community is willing to tollerate.what about gay marriage? Are you going to tell me that Alex Hawke won't tolerate drug injecting rooms and lowering the age of consent (he may have been talking in the context of when the age of consent for homosexuals was 18, or perhaps he just blind forgot it is 16) but will tolerate gay marriage?
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