Contents:
- THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
- ATRALIA VOT FOR GAY MARRIAGE, CLEARG PATH TO LEGALIZATN
THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
“A weight taken off our shoulrs, ” he thor of the cross-party bill, the Liberal senator Dean Smh, told ABC News on Thursday the passage of marriage equaly was “a measure of what n be done when people put some of their partisan polics behd” – the first openly gay feral parliamentarian the Liberal party – said the historic social reform was “owned by everyone, is owned by the Atralian people” creded advot for the “great stggle for many, many years” and said spe the public attentn on his role he was nsc that he was “lled upon the fal few steps to make this happen” attorney general, Gee Brandis, has clared that marriage equaly will be the “imperishable legacy” of Mallm Turnbull’s Liberal-Natnal Coaln the achievement of the 45th parliament may also be claimed part by the Labor opposn, which has mpaigned for a ee vote on same-sex marriage and brought s numbers to bear, wh almost all s members votg Turnbull took the prime mistership om his nservative precsor, Tony Abbott, September 2015, he retaed the Coaln’s mment to hold a natnal plebisce on same-sex marriage before changg the move was ntroversial, wh LGBTI groups objectg to a human rights qutn – equaly before the law – beg cid by popular, the Greens and other opposn parti blocked the proposed plebisce the Senate November 2016 and Augt 2017, leadg the Turnbull ernment to lnch a $100m voluntary natnal postal survey to fulfil s electn mment to give Atralians a a bisg three-month mpaign, opponents of marriage equaly claimed same-sex marriage would have far-reachg negative nsequenc for genr tn and claimed would harm relig eedom and eedom of speech. [nL4N1LB1TJ]Rally aniser Anthony Wallace om activist group Equal Love said 15, 000 people attend the event, makg one of the largt gay rights ralli Atralian history. Dpe assertns om Turnbull that the survey would be overwhelmgly rpectful, the mpaign has been marred by homophobic cints and mpaign material which ntued largely unabated spe a special law passed to apply electoral law safeguards to the survey, such as thorisatn requirements for mpaign mpaign also featured two unsuccsful high urt challeng agast the expendure of $122m for the survey, as marriage equaly advot fought to prevent the poll seen as an afont bee termed LGBTI people’s equaly before the law by a majorarian pollg throughout the mpaign showed nsistent support for marriage equaly and weekly timat showed the survey was on-track for a rerd no mpaign took creasgly bizarre turns, wh Abbott g an asslt that even his attacker said had nothg to do wh marriage to rally Atralians to his e, and nservativ attemptg to e US rapper Macklemore’s performance of his h Same Love at the gby league grand fal to claim the natnal mpaign they lled for had appropriately policised Atralian cross-party bill will be bated the Senate on Thursday and the parliamentary stg week begng 27 November, wh supporters of marriage equaly aimg to pass a bill through both ho of parliament before they rise on 7 December.
While there are fewer and fewer rights and obligatns attached to married upl which do not attach to facto upl—a stat currently enpassg same-sex upl most legal ntexts—supporters of gay rights argue this is not enough, and that the remag differenc are unacceptable. Kev Rudd reversed his opposn to gay marriage May 2013, shortly before regag the Labor learship.
In the electn mpaign, Abbott reaffirmed that he would not support legislatn to allow gay marriage. 14, 2017MELBOURNE, Atralia — A solid majory of Atralians voted favor of same-sex marriage a historic survey that, while not bdg, pav the way for Parliament to legally regnize the unns of gay and lbian 12. Proponents of gay rights spent the day celebratg.
ATRALIA VOT FOR GAY MARRIAGE, CLEARG PATH TO LEGALIZATN
“This is our proust moment as gay and lbian Atralians, ” said Chris Lewis, 60, an artist om Sydney, who waved a large rabow flag he bought San Francis about 30 years ago.
”Alex Greenwich, a state lawmaker om New South Wal and the -chairman of Atralian Marriage Equaly, an advocy group, said the vote “shows that Atralians have tly e together support of their gay and lbian mat and have said that everybody should be able to have the eedom to marry. ”Dean Smh, a feral senator om the Liberal Party, who is gay, said that he would immediately troduce a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. His bill would provi addnal anti-discrimatn protectns for relig people and bs opposed to gay marriage.