Letter to the West, as it was published. Two sentences removed.
Yet again The West Australian (Care needed with gay reforms, 16/11) shows its inability to understand the subject matter. Being attracted to the same sex is no more a lifestyle or preference than being male or female.
As for the concern about a lower age of consent giving rise to predation of teenage boys, where is your concern about the currently legal act of predation of teenage girls by older men and women? Reducing the age of consent for homosexual boys to 18 is not equality unless you raise the bar for everyone to 18.
Human rights should never be left to the popular vote. The tyranny of the majority has, in the past, condoned slavery, genocide and discrimination against women.
Today we are a more humane society. Tomorrow we will take another step in that long road of inclusion and respect. I hope that The West Australian will soon follow that lead.
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