PETER KRANZ
WELL, angels may fear to tread but I'm going to wade in.
Nobody in Papua New Guinea who’s hooked into the media could have missed the debate we’re having in Australia about whether same sex couples should be allowed to legally marry.
The Australian Constitution is non-committal on this point. It just talks about 'marriage', no gender being implied.
But the usual suspects have jumped on the bandwagon: the pro-gay brigade and the no-way religious righties.
I hate to think what a similar debate in Papua New Guinea would look like. Rioting in the streets perhaps.
Personally I say let people do what they want.
Mind you my darling Simbu wife Rose is having none of it. She has a barrow load of religious arguments showing how evil SSM is. A sign the end is nigh and all that.
But if Adam and Steve want to get married, then good luck to them.
The universe isn't going to implode and we can thank the Mesopotamians for the precedent.