Post by cenydd on Aug 12, 2013 9:21:09 GMT
Tony Abbott's sister has revealed that the Opposition Leader felt "conflicted" about voting against marriage equality in Parliament last year.
Speaking on the ABC's triple j Hack program, Christine Forster, who is gay, said her brother's view that marriage is only between a man and a woman is slowly "shifting".
"There's been a significant shift in how he approaches this whole question," she said.
"He said it after the last vote in Parliament last year, that he felt conflicted about voting against marriage equality.
"That doesn't sound like much, but it really is a significant shift for a man who all of his adult life has not even questioned his opposition to reforming the marriage act to have it also cover same-sex couples.
Speaking on the ABC's triple j Hack program, Christine Forster, who is gay, said her brother's view that marriage is only between a man and a woman is slowly "shifting".
"There's been a significant shift in how he approaches this whole question," she said.
"He said it after the last vote in Parliament last year, that he felt conflicted about voting against marriage equality.
"That doesn't sound like much, but it really is a significant shift for a man who all of his adult life has not even questioned his opposition to reforming the marriage act to have it also cover same-sex couples.
www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-12/abbotts-sister-said-he-felt-conflicted-about-marriage-equality/4881576
Am I the only one finding that to be a somewhat suspicious 'opinion shift' to be having just at the time of an election?!
