How would the Labor Cabinet vote on gay marriage if it had the chance?
Labor gets a lot of flak for not officially supporting gay marriage – but it’s a different story if you pick their votes apart one-by-one, writes Ryan Heath from The Gay Marriage Blog… There’s been a lot of fuss and discussion – and rightly so – about these comments from Penny Wong, supporting Julia Gillard’s ‘personal view’ that marriage is between a man and a woman. But how would a re-elected Labor Cabinet actually vote on marriage equality if the issue were ever put to a vote? The answer may surprise you – and give strong hope of progress if we can get a real debate happening. Having dealt with most of these people in various capacities in the last 10 years, in my analysis it would go: Definite yes: 6 Probable yes: 5 Swinging: 3 Probable no: 7 Definite no: 0 TOTAL LEANING YES: 11 SWING: 3 TOTAL LEANING NO: 7 You might be wondering how this is possible. It is not simply because all politicians are liars, rather it is more to do with their fears and HOW change would have to happen to
