Okay, that's a fair statement. But anti-Islamic sentiment hasn't been fueled by some secret zionist agenda, it's been fueled by good ol' American patriotism. And, like I said, this may have been a heavy influence on September 12th and the couple of years afterwards, but Australians are not stupid people. Any anti-Islamic mindset that may have existed in the early 2000s is largely gone as we have realised that we're not the white knights we thought we were.
Look at our reaction to the arab spring for example. Did Australians see a 'bunch of no good arab rebels stirring things up' or a 'grass roots uprising of oppressed people looking for rights and freedoms!'?
With the exception of fears over the Muslim brotherhood in Egypt and Al Qaeda in Yemen the media portrayed the arab world and muslims as good, normal people with similar values to us, and that's how we perceived them.
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I don't think Australians are stupid, but my irritation stems from the fact that most people have pre-conceived ideas about Islam based on iterapertations developed by the media regardles of whether they discriminate against muslims or not, the beliefs about it being
sexist ect. This was never meant to be an anti-Jew thing I was just stating and extreme theory believed by some.
In responce to the topic, I think that there is no real point in bringing a new sort-of union for homosexuals as it would just be the same as marriage, in all honesty marriage itself is not even all that necessary. It is just a peice of paper stating that two people are dedicated to each other, it does not protect from a couple from fights nor other hurdles they may face as a couple.
As for why gay marriage is yet to be legalised is because society isn't really ready for it, there are many such as myself who don't think it really matters, but I think as a whole I don't think society really wants it becuase if they did it would be legal.