Marriage is not everyone's choice
Three cheers for Caroline Norma putting politics back into lesbianism ("Why fight for marriage when it's hurt so many?", September 11). I read her column with relief after reading of Malcolm Turnbull's advocacy for marriage as the basis of our society. Domestic violence, gender inequality, and the prevalence of abuse in the family, and the prevalence of divorce, have surely raised questions about that position? However I did think Norma's statement - "We should remember why we became lesbians in the first place" - was deeply contentious one. It will upset many, particularly those who have not experienced their sexuality as a choice, and have had to fight so hard to explain to those who condemn their difference, that they were born gay. We are a diverse community, not just a gay or straight dichotomy. And marriage is not everyone's choice. Anne McDonald Summer Hill