Our Purpose

Thank you for supporting the WhyCantWeGetMarried.com project!

Before we pass on some updates, we have been asked to clarify the WhyCantWeGetMarried.com purpose. The main purpose of our project is to challenge any individual, government or society from preventing two adults from loving each other - if they are causing no harm to anyone and are happy together. Our project particularly focuses on ending discrimination experienced by inter-racial couples, inter-religious couples and couples who identify as part of the LGBIT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Intersex Transgender) community. Our project is about promoting love, peace and equality for loving couples worldwide.

If you ever have any questions or suggestions for our project, we are always happy to receive emails to info[a]whycantwegetmarried.com

Thank you again for all your support, we hope you enjoy reading this update.

Kristiana and Kristina
Co-founders
WhyCantWeGetMarried.com

1. Human Rights Consultations
2. CharterForCompassion.com
3. Civil Union Petition
4. Anti-discrimination Video

1. Human Rights Consultations
If you are interested in helping to create a Human Rights Act in Australia then there is still time to make a submission to the National Human Rights Consultation Committee. Just visit the ‘Share your views’ page of the Human Rights Consultation site.

2. CharterForCompassion.com
We have come across an exciting inter-faith project called the Charter for Compassion. It is a collaborative effort bringing together the voices of people from all religions, with the aim of building a peaceful and harmonious global community. Ultimately, the Charter will demonstrate that the voice of negativity and violence so often associated with religion is the minority and that the voice of compassion is the majority.
To keep on top of this project look up charterforcompassion.com directly.

3. Civil Union Petition
A young student in Australia has created a petition online to lobby the Australian government to allow same-gender Civil Unions. If you would like to demonstrate you support by signing the petition online, you can access it here.

4. Anti-discrimination Video
Sometimes it is easy to get offended by people’s language use and application of stereotypes, but at the same time it can be difficult to recognise the harm caused by our own prejudices. Here is a video we came across recently that highlights how discrimination against one is discrimination against all. We think it is a powerful and challenging 1 minute video.