Atheist Gillard says no to same-sex marriage

Such views, no doubt, have rubbed off on some progressives, including left-wing female university graduates who have no desire to mirror traditional heterosexual norms. Was progressive Gillard one of them? Perhaps. It’s one explanation being thrown around.

As well, Gillard has argued that love and marriage can live apart. “I think you can have a relationship of love and commitment and trust and understanding that doesn’t need a marriage certificate associated with it,” she contends. “That’s my life experience - so I’m speaking from that life experience.”

Or (arguably) put another way: Why are leftwing sexual minorities and their enablers so hungry for nanny Canberra’s approval?

Nevertheless, I predict that where same-sex marriage is legal it will eventually be killed off by skyrocketing gay divorce and a backlash among moderate Muslims, Evangelicals, Buddhists, Catholics and mainstream Protestants. It’s inevitable.

So to see pro-no atheist Gillard siding with Catholic Abbott against redefining marriage last week makes sense. Was she right to allow a conscience vote? Perhaps. But not after an election, and that was her biggest mistake. In the end though, atheist Gillard was sitting (albeit uncomfortably) on the right side of history.