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原文下面有一个投票，65%的澳洲人认为Cory的评论极尽诋毁和侮辱之能事。
原文链接，及投票
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/po ... 919-265dg.html#poll
原文：
Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi's remarks that allowing same-sex marriage would lead to demands to legalise bestiality and polygamy have been slammed by gay rights lobby groups and politicians.
Senator Bernardi was to be called into Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's office today and asked to explain himself.
However, a spokeswoman said Senator Bernardi had left for overseas today and would not return for a week. The spokeswoman would not reveal where or why Senator Bernardi was travelling.
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With Labor demanding this morning that Mr Abbott sack Mr Bernardi from his position as shadow parliamentary secretary to the Opposition Leader, senior Coalition sources say Senator Bernardi "will be spoken to" but were unsure of what, if any action would be taken.
Speaking in Parliament last night on a gay marriage bill sponsored by four Labor senators, Senator Bernardi said the push for same-sex marriage was part of an attack on "our enduring institutions".
"It is another chip in the fabric of our social mores," he said. "The time has come to ask, when will it end? If we are prepared to redefine marriage ... what is the next step?"
"The next step ... is having three people that love each other should be able to enter into a permanent union endorsed by society, or four people. There are even some creepy people out there, who say that it's OK to have consensual sexual relations between humans and animals. Will that be a future step?"
Liberal frontbencher and former party leader Malcolm Turnbull today ''totally disassociated' himself from Senator Bernardi's comments.
''I can only say that is the worst sort of slippery slope argument,'' he said. ''It is hysterical, alarmist, offensive and doesn't represent the mainstream view of Australians, let alone the Liberal Party.''
Mr Turnbull noted that the NSW Premier, Barry O'Farrell, will allow a conscience vote on the issue and said ''that is consistent with the traditional approach of the Liberal Party''.
He was not faulting Mr Abbott for not allowing a conscience vote because it was a team position that had been endorsed by the party room. But Mr Turnbull said he would vote for gay marriage if allowed.
Liberal frontbencher Joe Hockey called for a "measured and sensitive" debate and Greens Senator Richard Di Natale described the remarks as "offensive and appalling".
Australian Marriage Equality convener Alex Greenwich said Senator Bernardi's comments were extremely predictable, and taken straight from the "American religious right play book".
"It's based on fear, not on facts," Mr Greenwich said. "There is no international example that backs up what he's saying.
"The comments are highly offensive to the tens of thousands of loving and committed same-sex couples who just want to marry."
Judy Brown, the president of Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays New South Wales, agreed Senator Bernardi's remarks were "terribly offensive".
She said those kinds of comments did not make it easier for young gay people, who might be suffering depression and anxiety at the thought of coming out.
"[They are not suffering depression] because of the fact they're gay. Really it's just that they're treated so badly and they have to suffer all this adversity."
Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan called for Senator Bernardi's sacking as Mr Abbott's parliamentary secretary.
"He has made some very offensive remarks and I think Mr Abbott should show some leadership," he said.
Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury - who does not support same-sex marriage - supported Mr Swan's call, saying: "He should be reprimanded."
Labor MP Amanda Rishworth said Senator Bernardi had "taken the civility out of the national conversation".
"That was a very ugly comment and he should apologise," she said.
Senior Liberal frontbencher Joe Hockey repudiated Senator Bernardi's comments and called for a "measured and sensitive" parliamentary debate on same-sex marriage.
"This needs to be a measured and sensitive debate," he said. "People do have strong views; they're entitled to strong views ... but this doesn't help."
Nationals Senate leader Barnaby Joyce - who is opposed to gay marriage and civil unions - said the same-sex marriage debate was one that attracted strong views. "We should all be allowed to express those strong views," he said.
Senator Joyce said he was in no position to make criticisms of Liberal Senator Sue Boyce, who has not ruled out crossing the floor.
"I would be the last person to start saying that someone crossing the floor should be punished because otherwise I would be hung, drawn, quartered and flogged," he said.
Senator Joyce crossed the floor multiple times during the Howard government era, most notably on legislation that made changes to the Trade Practices Act in 2005.
Mr Greenwich said Senator Bernardi's remarks were far removed from the views of most Australians.
"What is encouraging to us is that a strong majority of Australians reject the kind of prejudice that Cory Bernardi is trying to peddle.
"They know that this debate is about families, equality and love and, obviously, gay and lesbian Australians know we've got the majority of Australians on our side."
Mrs Brown said same-sex couples should have the same human rights as heterosexual couples.
"Our son has been with his partner for eight years ... and I just think it's an abuse of their basic human rights that they're treated as second-class citizens."
Senator Bernardi has regularly courted controversy, most notable with his commentary on Islam and multiculturalism.
In 2010, Senator Bernardi was reprimanded by Mr Abbott when he called for Australia to follow the lead of France and ban the burqa, describing it as "the most public symbol of fundamentalist Islam".
In a regular internet blog, the South Australian senator said there were supporters of fundamentalist Islam who wanted to impose sharia, or Islamic law, in Australia.
In an interview with The Age in April, the Opposition Leader said he had "jumped on Bernardi" after the South Australian senator made anti-Muslim remarks in February.
Asked if another transgression would cost Senator Bernardi his job as parliamentary secretary to Mr Abbott, the Liberal leader replied: "If he does it again, watch this space. But I don't expect he will."
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd said Senator Bernardi's words were not worth commenting on. "I have made a lifelong habit of not reading anything Mr Bernardi has to say," he said.
A year ago, Liberal senator Cory Bernardi admitted he'd offered to arrange "appropriate meetings" for controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders, who is hoping to visit Australia, but later distanced himself from the proposed visit.
Labor has called on Mr Abbott to demote Senator Bernardi after he wrote on his website this week that Saturday's demonstration "should serve as a wake-up call to the naive and just plain foolish who are in denial that a significant problem is emerging in Australia".
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/po ... .html#ixzz26tTODkwZ
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