Jt three weeks after a natnal referendum showed strong support for gay marriage, Parliament voted overwhelmgly to follow the public’s lead.
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Among them was Christe Forster, the gay sister of Tony Abbott, the former Atralian Prime Mister who has long been seen as the face of the “no” mpaign. Opponents of the chang argued they would legalize discrimatn agast the gay muny. The next day, Liberal MP Andrew Wallace, who is a vout Catholic, shared wh his lleagu how his gay dghter helped change his posn on same-sex marriage.
“She said: Dad, the years to e, my generatn will look back and judge your generatn about how you al wh the issue of homosexualy the same way that your generatn nsired your parents’ generatn the way that they alt wh our digeno people, ” Wallace said. Fightg back tears, Liberal MP Sarah Henrson told the story Wednday night of a close gay iend of hers who died months ago and who, one of their last nversatns, asked her to ntue to ph for same-sex marriage.