Thoands rally for gay marriage Atralia ahead of vote | Rters

Contents:

• ATRALIA VOT FOR GAY MARRIAGE, CLEARG PATH TO LEGALIZATN
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
• ATRALIA'S LABOR PARTY VOT TO ENDORSE GAY MARRIAGE, BUT NO LAW CHANGE
• ATRALIANS OVERWHELMGLY VOTE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

ATRALIA VOT FOR GAY MARRIAGE, CLEARG PATH TO LEGALIZATN

Whether that was accurate or not, that is how many the gay muny felt.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

Dpe the emotnal turmoil and pa, many LGBTIQ people went to that vote feelg, the entire mpaign for a y vote was about hearts and mds —  actively pulled at the heartstrgs of Atralians who had a gay child, uncle, niece or work mate. Returng to Pearson's central premise — that a Voice would rce racism Atralia — let's look at the only parison we have: the same sex marriage end homophobia? 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. “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.

THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE

”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. 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.

ATRALIA'S LABOR PARTY VOT TO ENDORSE GAY MARRIAGE, BUT NO LAW CHANGE

In the electn mpaign, Abbott reaffirmed that he would not support legislatn to allow gay marriage.

The measure put gay and lbian marriag on hold the state, but a feral appeals urt 2010 emed Proposn 8 unnstutnal.

ATRALIANS OVERWHELMGLY VOTE TO LEGALIZE GAY MARRIAGE

The se ma s way to the US Supreme Court, which dismissed an appeal 2013 over same-sex marriage on jurisdictnal grounds, lg private parti did not have standg to fend California’s voter-approved ballot measure barrg gay and lbian upl om state-sanctned wedlock. The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni. Surrogacy is illegal Italy, and gay marriage has not been legalized.

“There is no discrimatn agast children, ” Fay Mister Eugenia Roccella told parliament when she troduced the bill June, explag that the children of gay upl would have accs to school and medil servic jt like those who only have one livg parent. Several GOP senators have also lled the 2015 Supreme Court cisn legalizg gay marriage “wrongly” cid.

Last month, Gallup found that a rerd high of 71% of Amerins support , cludg a majory of are the nam of every Republin reprentative who opposed feral protectns for gay marriage:Robert Arholt (Ala. California still has an anti-gay marriage law on the books. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a subsequent legislative attempt to legalize gay marriage.