When Parliament debated love, sex, incest the way it must

The ongoing hearing on legalisation of same-sex marriage has revived focus on the question of whether sexuality is a matter for the legislature or the judiciary.

The government has repeatedly argued in the Supreme Court that it is Parliament where such things should be discussed but its submissions seem to ignore the fact that the government itself has repeatedly stonewalled discussions on sexuality – let alone the question of expansion of lesbian gay bisexual transgender queer intersex asexual (LGBTQIA+) rights – from taking place in Parliament over the last several years.