So, holidays over, and sadly, here I am back at work. Sigh. I spent two fabulous weeks in Siem Reap, and am I sad to be back....I loved Siem Reap. The people were great, the markets were fantastic and you could smoke everywhere. It's a shoppers/smokers paradise people. I might put some photos up.....But anyway.
What prompted me to blog again, after so long? This little piece of fuckery:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/10/2815798.htm
Here's a quote from the article:
A Queensland Opposition MP says planned changes to surrogacy laws will see children treated like pets.
Also, everyone's favourite right wing dirty Christian lobby group has of course weighed in:
The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) earlier launched a video and internet campaign against the proposed changes to the surrogacy laws.
In its video, the ACl says it is not in a child's best interests to be born to a single parent or a homosexual couple.
It says the laws treat children as pets, not humans and it is calling on its members to urgently contact members of Parliament to protest against the passing of the bill.
Personally, I prefer dogs to children, but WTF is up with saying gay parents treat children like pets? And why is it relevant to a debate on surrogacy? Why would gay people be any more likely to treat their kids like pets? And I don't know about you, but my dogs are treated pretty well - most kids would feel lucky to be spoiled like my pets are.
Anyway, happy 2010 everyone.....
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