LETTERS

Kirby’s ‘alien’ claim Former High Court Justice Michael Kirby tells us (ABC online, August 23) that a plebiscite on same-sex marriage is “alien” to our constitution. How unusual for a former judge to scorn a people’s vote. It is well known that those promoting same-sex marriage fear a plebiscite or referendum on the subject. They consider it unwinnable. The public and media comment on same-sex marriage is one sided. There are forced limitations on the discussions of marriage between a man and a woman, as such discussions are deemed to be discriminatory. Archbishop Julian Porteous of Hobart found that out…