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CANBERRA, Atralia (AP) — Atralia's prime mister shed gay marriage to law on Friday by gag a fal signature on a bill hours after was overwhelmg endorsed by Parliament and as the natn started planng weddgs that n take place a month.

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MALLM TURNBULL'S LEGACY: GAY MARRIAGE, TPP AND THE ENOMY

Advot of gay marriage, an Atralian republic and strong climate change polici hope for change unr a new prime mister. * malcolm turnbull gay *

'Fai and iends were actured bee of you': Mallm Turnbull is savaged for boastg about legalisg same-sex marriage AtraliaMallm Turnbull has been slammed for boastg about legalisg gay marriageMr Turnbull ngratulated Atralia year after rults of survey were announcedHe was cricised for allowg the issue to be rolved wh a divisive public vote Published: 06:47 BST, 15 November 2018 | Updated: 06:47 BST, 15 November 2018.

MALLM TURNBULL IS BLASTED AFTER BOASTG ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE

Mallm Turnbull has been slammed for boastg about legalisg gay marriage on the one-year anniversary of the historic vote. Mallm Turnbull has been slammed for boastg about legalisg gay marriage on the one-year anniversary of the historic vote Mr Turnbull was harshly cricised for allowg the issue to be cid by an at-tim divisive public vote which st $81ln (people celebratg the y vote)'A year has passed and nearly five thoand same-sex upl have been married... 'Former Prime Mister Tony Abbott's sister Christe Forster - an outspoken supporter of gay marriage spe her brother's opposn - also took to social media a year on om the rult announcement.

Thoands of people lerally dancg the and old, gay and straight (mostly gay) revellg the moment that people won over a cy famo for a grim adherence to l and orr, police lmly watched on as party-goers passed around beers purchased om the lol bottle ACT's Chief Mister even skolled a Corona on stage (wh a slice of lemon , of urse) sg stranger hugged me and said, "Don't ever change. I bumped to a gay (and happy) Feral MP, who'd hated the ia of a people's vote. Turnbull was asked about homophobic mpaign materials disvered at the weekend, cludg a poster found Melbourne urgg Atralians to “stop the fags” and rrectly claimg that children of gay parents disproportnately suffer prime mister said that Atralian society “is built on a foundatn of mutual rpect, so I plore disrpectful, abive language whether is directed at young gay people, or people of other religns, or people of other rac”.

They are not homophobic, they don’t nigrate gay people. Are not gay people gettg married, the threats are sertn, celty, neglect, abandonment, difference – those are the threats. Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Many Atralians are png their hop on big policy chang unr Mr TurnbullSce his sudn ascensn to power on Monday night, Mallm Turnbull has offered the public only a sketchy outle of his visn for emphasis has been on velopg an enomic platform based on "eedom, the dividual and the market" there are three other areas many voters are hopg he will act on - gay marriage, climate change and makg Atralia a three are areas Mr Turnbull has spoken passnately about many tim, puttg him at odds wh official Liberal Party policy.

'HYPOCRL' TURNBULL UNRMED GAY MARRIAGE SHIFT

Republins, advot of same-sex marriage, and those llg for tougher actn to tackle climate change are all hopeful of an early shift als Mr Turnbull has likely stck wh some of his more nservative MPs mean current ernment polici prohibg same-sex marriage, supportg the UK monarchy and cryg emissns tradg or a rbon tax won't change any time is what the member for Wentworth has said the past and what he is sayg now:Tyg the knotImage source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Many people Mr Turnbull's Sydney electorate want gay marriage legalisedMr Turnbull, who supports marriage equaly, has prevly voiced support for a ee vote parliament for MPs on any same-sex marriage recently qutned the need for former prime mister Tony Abbott's proposal to hold a "people's vote" or plebisce on the issue after the next general electn. ”Asked about a bill that would allow bs to say “no gay weddgs serviced here” – reference to Paterson’s proposal – Turnbull said: “I thk would have virtually no prospect of gettg through the parliament.

GAY MARRIAGE ULD PASS TODAY: SHORTENMARRIAGE EQUALY WOULD BEE A REALY IF LEGISLATN WAS TRODUCED TO FERAL PARLIAMENT THIS WEEK, SAYS OPPOSN LEAR BILL SHORTEN.A GAY UPLE KISS DUBL CASTLE SQUARE FOLLOWG IRELAND'S SUCCSFUL REFERENDUM ON LEGALISG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. SOURCE: GETTY IMAGA MARRIAGE EQUALY BILL WOULD PASS IF WAS PRENTED FERAL PARLIAMENT THIS WEEK, LABOR LEAR BILL SHORTEN SAYS.SPEAKG AT MELBOURNE'S ANNUAL MIDSUMMA GAY PRI MARCH ON SUNDAY, MR SHORTEN LLED ON THE PRIME MISTER TO GO BACK TO BEG THE "OLD" MALLM TURNBULL WHO BELIEVED MARRIAGE EQUALY.MR SHORTEN SAID ABOUT 95 PER CENT OF LABOR MPS, A SIZEABLE NUMBER OF LIBERAL MPS AS WELL AS THE GREENS AND NON-ALIGNED MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT WOULD ALL VOTE FOR GAY MARRIAGE IF THEY HAD THE OPTN.RELATED READGABBOTT TO RPECT PEOPLE ON SAME-SEX VOTEAS A PARA OF RABOW-CLAD MEN AND WOMEN FILTERED AND OUT OF VIEW, MR SHORTEN PROMISED THAT MARRIAGE EQUALY ULD HAPPEN UNR A LABOR ERNMENT WHOUT WASTG $160 LN ON A PLEBISCE."WH 100 DAYS WE WILL PUT LEGISLATN THE PARLIAMENT FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY AND ALL MPS N VOTE ACRDG TO THEIR CHOICE," HE PROMISED THE CROWD."LABOR WILL GET THE JOB DONE QUICKLY."MR SHORTEN SAID HE BELIEVED A WORKG MAJORY OF LIBERAL MPS SUPPORTED GAY MARRIAGE.THE PLANNED PLEBISCE WAS A WASTE OF TAXPAYERS' MONEY AND THE ISSUE ULD BE ROLVED QUICKLY IF MR TURNBULL REVERTED TO HIS "NVICTN POLICIAN" ROOTS, HE TOLD REPORTERS."PEOPLE WHO ARE VERY ANTI-MARRIAGE EQUALY ARE EXCED FOR THE PLEBISCE: THEY DON'T WANT TO SEE A NSCIENCE VOTE PARLIAMENT," HE SAID."I'M NFINT IF THE NEW MALLM TURNBULL ACTUALLY DID WHAT THE OLD MALLM TURNBULL SAID, WE ULD HAVE MARRIAGE EQUALY BY THE END OF FEBARY THIS UNTRY."MR SHORTEN, A GREY SU, WAS OUTSHONE BY HUNDREDS OF ALL AG GLTERG STUM AND FEATHERS, WHO MARCHED DOWN ST KILDA'S FZROY STREET.RELATED READGMAJORY OF MPS NOW SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE, SAYS EQUALY GROUPAN ONLOOKER TOLD AAP THE SOUND OF THE BAGPIP FILTERG THROUGH THE ROAR OF THE CROWD "ROED THE SPIR"."WHAT A LOVELY DAY TO HAVE A PARA," HE SAID.SHARE2 M READPUBLISHED 31 JANUARY 2016 3:10PMUPDATED 31 JANUARY 2016 5:50PMSOURCE: AAPTAGSSOCIAL ISSUSHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU

Speakg at Melbourne's annual Midsumma gay pri march on Sunday, Mr Shorten lled on the prime mister to go back to beg the "old" Mallm Turnbull who believed marriage Shorten said about 95 per cent of Labor MPs, a sizeable number of Liberal MPs as well as the Greens and non-aligned members of parliament would all vote for gay marriage if they had the a para of rabow-clad men and women filtered and out of view, Mr Shorten promised that marriage equaly uld happen unr a Labor ernment whout wastg $160 ln on a plebisce. "Mr Shorten said he believed a workg majory of Liberal MPs supported gay planned plebisce was a waste of taxpayers' money and the issue uld be rolved quickly if Mr Turnbull reverted to his "nvictn polician" roots, he told reporters. Image source, TwterImage ptn, Prime Mister Mallm Turnbull and his wife, Lucy, at the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi GrasAtralia's prime mister has long supported same-sex marriage, but do he posss the fluence - or the will - to make happen?

Those people argued the vote was unnecsary, expensive and would expose gay and lbian upl to abe. In March, Mr Turnbull beme the first stg prime mister to attend Sydney's famo Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, held his eastern suburbs seat of had been many tim before. But Alex Greenwich, Atralian Marriage Equaly chairman, is ncerned the bate is beg a "polil football" source, Getty ImagImage ptn, An 18m (59ft) pk ndom slipped onto Sydney's Hy Park obelisk for the Mardi Gras"This has been a particularly tough and tratg time for the gay and lbian muny, " he tells the BBC.

CANBERRA, Atralia (AP) — Atralia’s prime mister shed gay marriage to law on Friday by gag a fal signature on a bill hours after was overwhelmg endorsed by Parliament and as the natn started planng weddgs that n take place a Mister Mallm Turnbull traveled to Government Hoe where Governor-General Peter Cosgrove signed the bill to law on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, Atralia’s nstutnal head of state. Cosgrove’s signature mak gay marriage legal Atralia om Saturday, when same-sex upl who wed overseas will be regnized as married unr Atralian law. Coupl who tend to marry mt give a lendar-month notice, makg gay weddgs legal on Jan.

ATRALIAN PRIME MISTER SH GAY MARRIAGE TO LAW

Relativ have ntted wills that left tat to same-sex partners, and gays and lbians want rights to accs and medil nsultatn when a partner is hospalized. ”Turnbull scribed Parliament votg late Thursday for gay marriage, wh only four lawmakers registerg their opposn, as a historic moment. Celebratns ntued late to the night Oxford Street, the center of Sydney’s gay nightlife which is Turnbull’s electorate.

MALLM TURNBULL LOOKS FORWARD TO MACKLEMORE SGG ‘GAY ANTHEM’

Turnbull has been a long-term advote for marriage equaly and is the first prime mister to attend Sydney’s renowned annual Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, which is also his electorate. Most gay rights advot believed the ernment should have allowed marriag years ago and saw var ias for a public survey as a layg tactic.

”___This story has been rrected to show that four, not five, lawmakers voted “no” and that the date gay marriag will beg is January 9, not January 6. Mallm Turnbull says he is lookg forward to seeg US rapper Macklemore sg his “gay anthem” at the NRL grand fal this weekend, as Peter Dutton argued a song promotg the No mpaign should also be prime mister has also remd people that Village People performed the YMCA at the 1991 NRL grand fal immigratn mister, Peter Dutton, weighed to the bizarre ntroversy surroundg Macklemore’s right to sg his h song Same Love, which promot same-sex marriage, at the NRL grand said the Natnal Rugby League was settg a worryg precent by allowg an herently polil song to be played to the crowd this weekend, suggtg the NRL would only tly be supportg ee speech if allowed a song promotg the no mpaign’s msage to be played as well. “I am to ee speech … prumably two songs should be played, one for gay marriage and one agast gay marriage, ’’ Dutton reportedly said London this ’s terventn after Tony Abbott, Liberal senator Eric Abetz and One Natn lear Ple Hanson all lled for the NRL on Thursday to prevent Macklemore performg the song this weekend, sayg sport and polics should never be mixed.

Opposn Lear Bill Shorten kicked off the rally addrsg the lourful crowd spillg out of Sydney’s Town Hall, sayg he was termed to see Atralia allow gay upl to said he expected the Y vote to prevail the postal survey, but not bee of policians. This was acpanied by strong rhetoric about the need to protect LGBT rights, cludg an impassned speech by MP Stephen Jon about the suici of his gay nephew.

ATRALIA IS HAVG A PLEBISCE ON GAY MARRIAGE -- HERE'S WHAT THAT MEANS

More on Forb: The Asian Countri Are The Most Likely To Adopt A Gay Marriage Law. However, spe this, Prime Mister Turnbull has exprsed that he would not support a bill relatg to gay marriage until there is a vote of the Atralian people. Marriage equaly activists fear this uld equate to ceptive and hateful material aimed at Atralia’s gay muny.

And many lawmakers who support gay marriage say the plebisce is not the right platform and stead favor a direct vote by lawmakers on the issue Turnbull said that his party won the electns after mpaigng to allow Atralians to vote on same-sex marriage. A bloc of policians, some of whom support gay marriage, have said they will not vote favor of allowg a plebisce, possibly scuttlg hop for any plebisce is a “platform for prejudice and a megaphone for hate speech, ” Bill Shorten, the lear of the opposn Labor Party, told Parliament on Monday. “As the first openly gay Liberal to serve feral Parliament, speculatn about my motivatn is to be expected, ” he said.

Each year the area hosts the Sydney Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, and Mr.

ATRALIA’S LEAR CALLS FOR NATNAL GAY MARRIAGE VOTE

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 8 of the New York edn wh the headle: Atralia’s Prime Mister Calls for Natnal Gay Marriage Vote. “(Now) we need to save and also gets lots of fun ias om the other gay weddgs, ” they told CNN. Rabow flags were sprayed wh Nazi symbols Brisbane while “no” advertisements claimed same-sex marriage would lead to “radil gay sex” tn schools.

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