Compassion

Dennis Prager is fond of saying that one should have compassion in the micro and standards in the macro. Gay marriage is one area. The standards to say that marriage should be restricted to a man and woman yet remain compassionate and understanding to each and every homosexual one knows.

Tony Abbott actually looks to be walking that tight rope

On gay marriage Abbott said he was “unpersuaded” but “I have been a bit personally torn on this because Chris (Forster), my sister, came out as gay four or five years ago ... And she is a very lively disputant. I have been well and truly buttonholed.”

I remain convinced that Abbott is a man more disliked from a distance than personally, where the opposite is true of Kevin Rudd. He is loved from a distance but hated in person.