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-Rayne-Senior Contributor
Hey, I just wanted to start a thread here in case there are others struggling with all the media crap around this postal survey. Everywhere I go in the community people are finding it really hard so I thought people here must also be.
I am.
Maybe we can just make a space to take care of each other. I feel that we really need to do that right now. This atrocity is going to continue for months.
xo
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Vanessa5Senior Contributor
"Love is a force more formidable than any other. It is invisible — it cannot be seen or measured, yet it is powerful enough to transform you in a moment, and offer you more joy than any material possession could." — Barbara de Angelis
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QueenieSenior Contributor
Hey @MoonGal, thanks for your reply about the superannuation. I am with a government employees super fund. It has pretty low fees and reasonable returns really. I didn't want to change, but may have to I'm afraid. They also don't recognise my change of name, when all my identification now reflects a change of name, but my super fund will not allow me to change my name. They seem incredibly archaic in their policies! I lodged a complaint with the superannuation complaints tribunal and will await their response.
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-Rayne-Senior Contributor
@Queenie, the ads are appalling. Apparently the government has said that it's willing to put rules around advertising (like we have with elections) but not until after the High Court says the survey can go ahead. That makes no sense to me at all.
The ads are also smart - using for example an Asian looking woman with an accent - research says that recent immigrant communities are most likely to vote no and could be critical to the outcome.
On a better note, the support in this thread is amazing - thank you all 
Power and strength to us!
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MoonGalSenior Contributor
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QueenieSenior Contributor
Thank you @MoonGal, might just prove helpful in my fight!
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MoonGalSenior Contributor
No worries, sorry Briar for hijacking thread. But can;t PM here.
Back to the main game.
Marriage Equality because It is simple really.
BTW - I said I married my partner 9 years ago - we have been together 25 years this year. Now in anyone's book that is a commitment of love. I am SO looking forward to registering our marriage when the law changes and we are thinking of having another 'reception'. Whoo Hoo! I must slim down to get back into my wedding clothes.
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-Rayne-Senior Contributor
You didn't hijack it @MoonGal lol - If I knew anything at all about superannuation, I would have chimed in.
At the risk of over-intellectualising, which is a weakness of mine, that's why marriage equality is not just about 'love is love' - like yes it is, but it's also about super and medical consent and insurance and a whole lot of other real practical issues.
25 years is fn amazing! Congrats and tell that story loud 🙂 So good.
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Vanessa5Senior Contributor
@Queenie,
Don't let the haters get you down! Just flick the channel. 
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QueenieSenior Contributor
I wish it were that simple @Vanessa5. I was walking through the city today holding my Mrs' hand and copped abuse from a group of people handing out NO flyers. All I was doing was walking past and not inciting anything. People simply don't have respect for others!
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Vanessa5Senior Contributor
Hi @Queenie,
It can be difficult. I know first hand. Was living in Tamworth a few years back and me and my same sex partner were asked to leave a venue because she had her arm around me. We asked what the problem really was and were verbally abused so we ended up being the better people and walking out. Still not the fondest of memories. Friend of mind has been spat on by a homophobe. They're everywhere you go. Like racists. I think it's just something they enjoy doing - it's like a sport for them.
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