This is my maiden voyage at The Blaze. The virtue of this blog, is that I can tell you The Rest of the Story, that you won’t necessarily see on the
published article. For this article, I can tell you that I wanted a different title, “The Rich and The Rest.” The editor over there made up the title.
Which title do you prefer? My 5 word, in-your-face title? Or their sentence lengthy thingy?
I also had some different photos, which I will share with you here.
In any case, here is the article. Dr. J
The Rich vs the Rest
(originally published at The Blaze, March 17, 2016)
Social conservatives, let’s face it: Elites like “marriage equality.” They made this very clear in the US, with their big donors and corporate sponsorships. And they are making it clear in Australia too. Price Waterhouse, the second largest accounting firm in the world, has produced a tendentious study, claiming that letting the Australian people vote on the definition of marriage will just be too expensive.
A bit of background for American readers:
Australia still has man-woman marriage, the only kind of marriage that protects the rights of children to their own parents. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull stands firmly in the “marriage equality” camp, but has agreed to hold a plebiscite after the upcoming Federal election, if he wins.
Now, along comes the Australian office of Price Waterhouse, claiming the proposed special, non-binding election on the definition of marriage will cost
$525 million Australian dollars. Too Much!! they cried!
Price Waterhouse economics and policy partner Jeremy Thorpe said: “Overseas examples show that spending on the ‘for’ and ‘against’ campaigns alone can
reach over $6 per voter, as happened in California. That’s a huge waste of money that could be better allocated in our low-growth economy.”
He says that like it is a bad thing.
As someone who participated in California’s Proposition 8 back in 2008, I firmly believe that citizen participation in important social issues is a good
thing. How else are ordinary people going to make their voices heard if the Elites rule that elections are a “huge waste of money?”
Price Waterhouse really gives away the game with this shocker:
“Momentum from Corporate Australia to resolve this issue is building with over 800 large and small organizations having now signed the corporate letter
of support for marriage equality.”
They say this like it is a good thing. Ordinary people who want children to know both of their parents beg to differ.
Now Australian commentators question some of Price Waterhouse’s creative accounting. (Honestly, the world’s second largest accounting firm should be a bit more careful, don’t
you think?) I want to point out how the Rich and the Powerful just love, love, love the Sexual Revolution. Please notice: on virtually every issue
of the Sexual Revolution, the Elites push and promote while ordinary people resist and rebel.
Like Corporate Australia, Corporate America is firmly behind the whole Sexual Revolution, supporting “marriage equality” along with “abortion rights” and
other bogus inventions designed to privilege adult sex lives at the expense of children’s rights.
If you aren’t sure, ask yourself this: have you ever seen a major bank supporting your local pregnancy care center? But they support Planned Parenthood, though, don’t they? Have you ever seen a major airline supporting a pro-family event, or organization? But they support the gay
pride parade and the anti-child, pro-adult redefinition of marriage.
Look, I don’t really care about “income equality.” I really don’t. Rich people can have all their fine cars and multiple houses and boats and all the rest.
But doggone it, I’m fed up with the Super Rich and the Elite Managerial Class using their money, power and influence to shove their ideological orientation
down our throats.
I know for a fact that ordinary people of America just want to get married, stay married, raise their kids and pass on their values to the next generation.
I bet the ordinary people of Australia feel the same way.
