The first few paragraphs of a great story from the Sydney Morning Herald:
"NEXT Saturday, as day two of the Labor Party's national conference winds up, David Pocock will be a world away, preparing to play for the Wallabies in a Test match in Wales. But the distance won't diminish his interest in the party's resolution on same-sex marriage.
It's an unusual area of concern for a rugby player. But it taps into Pocock's sense of social justice, a world view built on the southern African concept of Ubuntu: the belief true humanity is achieved through mutual respect and interconnectedness. It's a philosophy planted in Pocock on a farm in Zimbabwe, nurtured amid fear and inequality and sown during a challenging search for physical and spiritual reconciliation.
''More than 60 per cent of Australians are in favour of same-sex marriage, so it just doesn't make sense to stop it from happening,'' says Pocock, who decided with partner Emma Palandri not to legally marry until their gay friends also have the same right."
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