*Age Of
Consent & Legal Sexual Activity for the State of
30th January 2012 Email to Premier
Anna Bligh and Attorney-General Paul Lucas. Regarding the finalisation of
the Change.org petition which I had opened on 14th December 2011 and
which I state that I closed on 28th January 2012 “in order to give you sufficient time
to be prompted into action by those 254 signatures from around the world. The
covering letter for the petition, which includes the reasons people gave for
signing, is stored on my site at: http://www.queerradio.org/EqualAgeOfConsentPetition_covering_letter_30Jan2012.pdf. I beg you to give one last moment of serious
consideration to making all Queensland youth equal under the law.”
From: John Frame [mailto:jvframe@ozemail.com.au]
Sent: Monday, 30 January 2012 3:09 PM
To: Attorney - SMTP; The Premier; cmletters@qnp.newsltd.com.au
Subject: Petition signed by 254 people calling for Equal Age Of Consent
Reform in Queensland
To: Hon
Premier Anna Bligh and Hon Attorney-General Paul Lucas
Dear
Premier and Attorney-General,
I know
that you are both well aware that for the last 12 years I have been organising
community action calling for the Queensland Government to bring its Criminal
Code into line with the rest of Australia and allow all of its youthful
citizens the protection and dignity which is inherent in there being a truly
equal age of consent, regardless of gender or sexuality.
On 1st
December 2011 I emailed my congratulations to both of you in regard to the
Civil Partnership Bill, and I received a letter from the Premier's Office which
declared that the Bligh Government was committed to equality and a fair go for ALL Queenslanders. Our state's
youthful Queenslanders deserve that commitment to be applied before there is
any risk of Labor losing its majority.
Today I
have posted to both of you, by registered mail, the printed result of a
Petition which I opened using the Change.org system on 14th December 2011, and
which I closed on the 28th January in order to give you sufficient time to be
prompted into action by those 254 signatures from around the world.
The
covering letter for the petition, which includes the reasons people gave for
signing, is stored on my site at:
http://www.queerradio.org/EqualAgeOfConsentPetition_covering_letter_30Jan2012.pdf
I beg you
to give one last moment of serious consideration to making all Queensland youth
equal under the law.
Yours
sincerely,
John
Frame
82 Main
Ave., Wavell Hts 4012 Australia
Ph: (07)
3350 1562 / 0409 501 561
http://www.queerradio.org/AgeOfConsent.htm
---"There
is no substitute for equality"---