The question of why Governments everywhere are even involved in regulating marriage in the first place is worth considering.

Why has marriage been instituted in every civilization in history? If marriage is only about love why is it of concern to the law of the land whom you choose to love sexually?

But because marriage is about promoting the best interests of whole families, including children, as well as love, there are restrictive laws. So we have laws to protect people that restrict marriage and make marriage equality unobtainable.

In all societies marriages provide a stable foundation for family life. Some of these laws relate to polygamy, others to incest, and they carry heavy penalties.

I assume the proposed changes will not change these laws (nor should they). My point is that marriage equality will always have exceptions. These exceptions demonstrate that marriage is about much more than love, rights and equity.

It is wise not to agree to a change of law when you do not have the details of the new law in front of you or the opportunity to debate its consequences. Will the new law protect free speech, freedom of conscience and freedom of religion? We don’t know.

But given the fact that some radical gender theory supporters are intolerant of the traditional view of marriage, I suspect not. So why sign a blank cheque?

Why support legislation which will deprive children of the right, ideally, to be raised by both their biological parents?

If gender difference is no longer to be a basic premise of marriage, what is there to limit the teaching to kindergarten children that they can choose to be either a boy or a girl? This is the sort of thing you can find in the so-called ‘Safe Schools’ program.

Ministers of religion have already been taken to court in Australia for merely stating within their own church a traditional view – that marriage is to be between a man and a woman. This has gone to the anti-discrimination board in Tasmania.

We live in an age where political correctness has gone wild. We are (according to some gender police) no longer meant to say ‘expectant mothers’. The correct term is ‘pregnant person’.

Please have the courage to vote no and do not risk this huge social experiment. Say no to protect our children and our freedoms.

Yours faithfully,