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Contents:

• WHAT NEXT FOR GAY RIGHTS TONY ABBOTT'S ATRALIA?
• TONY ABBOTT LEADS THE CHARGE FOR THE GAY MARRIAGE 'NO' VOTE
• AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
• TONY ABBOTT SCRIB GAY MARRIAGE AS THE 'FASHN OF THE MOMENT'
• FORMER ATRALIAN PRIME MISTER SAYS HE WAS HEAD-BUTTED BY GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE
• TONY ABBOTT: I WAS HEAD-BUTTED BY GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE
• FORMER ATRALIAN PRIME MISTER TONY ABBOTT: I WAS HEAD-BUTTED BY GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE
• ATRALIAN LEAR, OPPOSG GAY MARRIAGE, FAC PARTY AND FAY OPPOSN
• TONY ABBOTT’S GAY FRIENDS UNRSTAND THAT THIS WASN’T DIRECTED AT THEM
• GAY-MARRIAGE SPL SPELLS TROUBLE FOR ATRALIA’S TONY ABBOTT

WHAT NEXT FOR GAY RIGHTS TONY ABBOTT'S ATRALIA?

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However, WA broadly stuted siar reforms via the Acts Amendment (Lbian and Gay Reform) Act 2002. Last week was a btersweet one for gay Atralians.

They heard Kev Rudd fiercely advote for same-sex marriage only to see him marched out of office five days the evable – and farcil – attempts by “pro-fay” groups to rrelate the ALP’s electoral feat wh Rudd’s gay marriage ph, and mand the issue be left the polil wilrns. They’re likely to get their wish the feral parliament at least, where prime mister elect Tony Abbott has raised doubts as to whether will even e up his first Abbott ernment appears unlikely to have much of an impact on the liv of gay Atralians. You won’t see the unprecented rollback of gay rights that Queensland’s Newman ernment curly prrised s first 100 days, but you certaly won’t see Abbott leadg a bi-partisan ph for marriage reform like his nservative Brish unterpart David lookg for progrs should stead turn their attentn to the legislative assembli of NSW and the ACT.

TONY ABBOTT LEADS THE CHARGE FOR THE GAY MARRIAGE 'NO' VOTE

Howard’s protégé would have a much tougher time of thanks to the Greens’ overhl of terrory rights, which require both ho of parliament to approve any terference wh terrory the natnal stage, the gay marriage buzzword to look out for the next three years will be “crementalism”. He believ his succs lobbyg Coaln lleagu to support removal of gay discrimatn has been due to separatg marriage om other issu.

AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?

“I said I wouldn’t e my support for change as a Trojan Horse for marriage and was bee I ma that mment that the first person who stood up the party room to support me was Barnaby Joyce, ” Entsch told me offer to troduce a civil unn bill has long been rebuffed by lobbyg groups such as Atralian Marriage Equaly, but one imag Entsch and many others the Coaln would rally behd such a promise should Abbott prent unns would be seen as yet another feat for gay marriage advot. Wh those untri now well beyond that reform, a send-tier relatnship registratn scheme would stead appear as legislatg “separate but equal” gay people want real change the next three years, they're gog to have to dump the rabow chalk and start mpaigng wh more than an arsenal of pop-up crossgs.

The sister of former Atralian prime mister Tony Abbott has fend him agast allegatns of homophobia and misogyny amid cricism of his appotment as an official tra adviser for the ’s sister, Christe Forster, a lol ernment polician Atralia, who married her wife 2018, issued a statement rponse to the suggtn that her brother’s prev ments on same-sex marriage, women’s rights and climate change ma him an appropriate choice to be an external adviser on the Board of, whose appotment to the role has been nmned by opposn parti, chari and LGBT and environmental activists, is among ne external advisers appoted to the board. “It is nothg short of dishonty for mentators and policians who do not know Tony to label him a ‘homophobe and a misogynist’ for the purpose of srg cheap polil pots, ” she tweeted on Johnson says he disagre wh views exprsed by Tony Abbott – vio“As a woman who has always been part of his life and who me out to him as gay my early 40s, I know ntrovertibly that Tony is neher of those thgs. "Mr Abbott's claim about relig eedom is at odds wh the agreement that any same sex-marriage proposal would exempt church and other relig groups om havg to marry gay was taken to task on Twter by his sister Christe Forster, who is gay.

TONY ABBOTT SCRIB GAY MARRIAGE AS THE 'FASHN OF THE MOMENT'

" Alex EllghsenFormer prime mister John Howard, who explicly banned gay upl om marryg 2004, said Mr Turnbull had done the right thg by honourg the electn promise rather than movg straight to a ee vote. Speakg to reporters on Tuday night, Mr Howard rejected his 2004 cisn was the e of the Coaln's prent day pa, sayg his ernment had "good reason" to act bee misters feared "unelected judg" would allow gay upl to wed. "Mr Howard's actns 2004, where he changed the Marriage Act to fe marriage as a unn between a man and a woman wh Labor's support Parliament, has been held up by gay marriage mpaigners as evince why Mr Turnbull should jt proceed to parliamentary vote stead of an expensive Howard said Mr Turnbull had no alternative but to put forward the postal vote the face of the Senate rejectg the pulsory plebisce if he wanted to keep his promise of lettg the Atralian people have their say.

FORMER ATRALIAN PRIME MISTER SAYS HE WAS HEAD-BUTTED BY GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE

In 2019, the Atlantic ran an opn piece tled “The stggle for gay rights is over”. The mise of the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act 2013 was followed by the end of the feral ban on marriage equaly 2015.

Wispread acceptance of same-sex marriage rights, gay people servg the ary and the need for protectns for LGBTQ+ people followed.

As recently as 2020, the urt, then wh two Tmp appote, led that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protected gay, lbian and transgenr workers. In 1985, 89% of parents said they would be sad if they disvered their child was gay or a lbian.

TONY ABBOTT: I WAS HEAD-BUTTED BY GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE

A rash of laws ncerng the teachg of human sexualy school curricula, banng trans stunt athlet and strippg parents of the right to help their genr-variant children obta appropriate re have popped up numero red stat this same-sex marriage is now part of the fabric of Ameri, nservativ have chosen to explo Amerins’ unfaiary wh trans people and piggyback on parental anger over the perceived overreach of Covid-era school closur, nflatg wh an sid sense of “wokens”, the hop of fdg an electorally viable sluiceway for anti-LGBTQ+ most famo of the anti-LGBTQ+ laws is the piece of Florida legislatn banng stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty schools between krgarten and third gra, the so-lled “don’t say gay” law. Supporters of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill gather outsi Walt Disney World this month.

The ernor and his supporters have labeled as a “groomer” anyone who believ children n learn LGBTQ+ people exist, argug that simply by talkg about gay relatnships to a child, you are sexualizg that child. ”To be gay, their view, is to be herently sexualized, a threat to nocence a way that straight Amerins are vehemence has ught even veteran LGBTQ+ advot by surprise.

FORMER ATRALIAN PRIME MISTER TONY ABBOTT: I WAS HEAD-BUTTED BY GAY RIGHTS ADVOTE

He was followed by Arizona’s ernor, Doug Ducey, who, after barrg mors om genr-affirmatn treatment, wouldn’t even state for the rerd that trans people were Florida lawmaker Michele Rayner-Goolsby, left, hugs her wife, Bian Goolsby, durg a march at cy hall St Petersburg agast the ‘don’t say gay’ bill. Photograph: Bob Daemmrich/Zuma Wire/Rex/ShutterstockPolicians are supported the media by mentators like Tucker Carlson, who claimed “no one had heard of this trans thg four years ago”, or Charlie Kirk, channelg 1980s fears sayg “gays want to rpt your children” rejuvenated, the right wg is poised to make transphobia and homophobia rnerston of the midterms and 2024 electns, wh promis to liver “don’t say gay” legislatn stat cludg Michigan and New Perks, the print of the Fay Rearch Council, a nservative lobbyg group, veighed agast the ernors of Indiana and Utah for vetog legislatn banng trans women om participatg sports, llg the bills “timely, mastream protectns”. The Republin US reprentative Marjorie Taylor Greene vowed to troduce a feral “don’t say gay” bill if Republins w the Hoe this November, only to one-up herself days later by tweetg that for people to be pro-trans is to be pro-pedophilia.

”The bs-iendly wg of the GOP that would quietly team up wh Democrats to scuttle rabidly homophobic bills is now outnumbered, and legislators a dozen or more stat that lean even farther to the right than DeSantis are takg, the Natnal Center for Lbian Rights legal director, believ Florida is the tt se for a renewed ph for an aggrsive, Christian-natnalist program. ”The “don’t say gay” bill, Mter not, is very siar to what’s been passed Rsia, tetherg Amerin nservativ to their thorarian unterparts who have succsfully rolled back mocratic norms across eastern Europe.

ATRALIAN LEAR, OPPOSG GAY MARRIAGE, FAC PARTY AND FAY OPPOSN

“I’ve seen this movie before over the last 30 years: The right wg cid to target the LGBTQ muny, whether ’s around marriage or adoptn or trans kids playg sports or bathrooms, ” says the California state senator Stt Wiener, who is gay. “I thought was really important to ph back on the policy level, and to send a clear signal that California and other stat really re about the kids, ” he believ that “don’t say gay” is “patently unnstutnal” but also ntends that relyg on the judicial system to protect human rights may no longer be a sound optn. Tony Abbott has e unr fire for scribg gay marriage as "the fashn of the moment", while fendg his opposn to legislatg on the ments e one day after the opposn lear scribed a young Liberal ndidate, Fna Stt, as havg sex, appearg on a Sydney rad statn, was discsg his view that marriage is between a man and a woman.

"Abbott later clarified his posn, sayg that, while gay marriage was important, was not the only signifint issue facg said he was not suggtg gay marriage was a "fad" but then rejected the suggtn that legalisg such unns was "evable". And he likened the issue to republinism, sayg many people had once thought was evable that Atralia would throw off the royal fay, and they were 's gay sister Christe Forster tweeted: "Everyone knows my brother @tonyabbottMHR & I have different views on marriage equaly. "The puty prime mister, Anthony Albane, said Abbott's ments on Stt and gay marriage were both "eply offensive" and went to his character.

"Rudd said Abbott's remark was "pretty odd to be blunt" and that sexism, racism and homophobia had no place morn Atralia.

TONY ABBOTT’S GAY FRIENDS UNRSTAND THAT THIS WASN’T DIRECTED AT THEM

CANBERRA, Atralia — A former Atralian prime mister who cid two years ago that the people should vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legalized said he was head-butted Thursday by a gay rights advote while walkg a cy Abbott said he staed a swollen lip the attack Hobart as he walked to his hotel after attendg an anti-gay marriage altertn is one of several allegatns of vlence and vote-riggg that have marred a current postal ballot on whether Atralia should lift s prohibn on gay marriage. "It's jt a remr of how ugly this bate is gettg, " he was prime mister 2015 when he mted his nservative ernment to holdg a pulsory vote by all adult Atralians to ci whether gay marriage should be was replaced weeks later by Prime Mister Mallm Turnbull, who supports gay marriage.

Lawmakers would still have to pass a law to allow gay marriage and several have said they would not allow regardls of public gay rights advot had argued agast a public vote for fear that would lead to a bter public bate. CANBERRA, Atralia — Atralia’s prime mister on Friday urged rtrat the natn’s same-sex marriage bate after his precsor, Tony Abbott, said he was head-butted by a gay rights advote and staed a swollen lip.

GAY-MARRIAGE SPL SPELLS TROUBLE FOR ATRALIA’S TONY ABBOTT

Abbott said he was attacked the Tasmania state pal Hobart on Thursday as he walked wh a staffer to his hotel after attendg an anti-gay marriage luncheon. The altertn is one of several allegatns of vlence and vote-riggg that have marred an ongog postal ballot on whether Atralia should lift s prohibn on gay marriage.

Prime Mister Mal Turnbull, a gay marriage supporter who replaced Abbott two years ago, said he had urged police to prs charg. Abbott was prime mister 2015 when he mted his nservative ernment to holdg a pulsory vote by all adult Atralians to ci whether gay marriage should be legal. Lawmakers would still have to pass a law to allow gay marriage and several have said they would not allow regardls of public opn.

Most gay rights advot had argued agast a public vote for fear that would lead to a bter public bate. Former Atralian Prime Mister Tony Abbott claimed he was head-butted by a gay rights activist Thursday, Sept. (AP)Former Atralian Prime Mister Tony Abbott said he was head-butted Thursday by a gay rights advote while walkg a cy said he staed a swollen lip durg the attack Hobart, the pal of the Atralian island Tasmania, as he walked to his hotel after attendg a Abbott’s tenure as prime mister 2015, he cid the Atralian cizens should vote on whether same-sex marriage should be legalized.