DA mal

Strictly partisan commentary on politics in Cape Town and South Africa.
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Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Delport's reaction to gay marriage ruling

It looks as though the DA's going to class gay marriage as one of those free vote issues. Tertius Delport says he's surprised by the ruling.

Hm.

A debate in the DA about gay marriage is of no material importance towards the process towards legalising marriage for everybody. So I think I'm grudgingly prepared to accept that the DA has a few homophobic members so long as their opinions a) don't have any effect on the rights of gay people and b) don't publicly damage the tolerant reputation of the party. Practical reasons towards internal unity only. But the moment a bigot raises his or her head above the public parapet, you can count on me to take aim. You already know my opinion of Tertius Delport's ability to involve the party in scandal.