Conscience is not necessarily a moral force, but can be seen as a movement toward self-awareness and greater authenticity. We may find Penny Wong’s take on gay marriage so disturbing on both sides of the marital debate, because we instinctively recognise that there is a lack of genuineness in her response to the question of marital equity. She is either actively excluding herself and other lesbians and gay men from rights accorded to heterosexual couples, or she is overtly subsuming herself to the party line.
This is not seen as conscionable — and nor should it be.
Truthfulness, self-respect and courage are rightly just a few of the hallmarks of trustworthy people. Most of us also instinctively understand that the personal life is of course political, and so when the repression of the self is so obvious, we wonder what else might be stuffed in the closet.
Gay marriage is both a very small thing and the biggest shift in the world.
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