Thoands rally for gay marriage Atralia ahead of vote | Rters

Contents:

• WHAT’S GOG ON AN ATRALIAN TV AD OPPOSG GAY MARRIAGE?
• GETUP! ATRALIAN GAY MARRIAGE AD ‘IT’S TIME’ GO VIRAL [VIDEO]
• ATRALIAN AD DRAWS FIRE FOR LKG GAY MARRIAGE TO BOYS DRS
• GAY MARRIAGE: ATRALIA'S BS TAKE OUT FULL-PAGE AD BACKG SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIPS
• THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE

WHAT’S GOG ON AN ATRALIAN TV AD OPPOSG GAY MARRIAGE?

“Over the g weeks we’ll be hearg a lot about whether our fay and iends who are gay and lbian n get married, ” Dr Phelps said the ad after watchg some of the ‘No’ clip.

“The only young people affected by marriage equaly are young gay people who, for the first time, will have the same digny as everyone else our untry and they serve that. “Lbian and gay people are our fay members, iends, neighbours and workmat and we would ask all who take part our natnal nversatn to remember that. ” The text onscreen reads: “In untri wh gay marriage, people have lost their right to choose.

GETUP! ATRALIAN GAY MARRIAGE AD ‘IT’S TIME’ GO VIRAL [VIDEO]

It’s not about marriage but genr fluidy Basilly, the ad shifts the bate om marriage self to the possible nsequenc for Shelton, managg director of the Atralian Christian Lobby, which is part of the Coaln for Marriage, suggts that legalizatn would ntribute to “genr fluidy” and allow the troductn of “radil homosexual tn sexual tn” programs “are a package al — you’ve only got to look at the people who march unr the rabow flag and banner, ” Mr. Muny advocy anizatn recently released what may prove to be the most-watched gay marriage ad of all five days, the YouTube vio racked up well over two ln ia is simple.

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.

ATRALIAN AD DRAWS FIRE FOR LKG GAY MARRIAGE TO BOYS DRS

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.

Image source, Getty ImagTwenty years after Tasmania beme the last remag Atralian state to crimalise male homosexualy, the untry is havg s say on same-sex marriage. I've been lled a homophobe, a bigot and been told that my views are disgtg.

GAY MARRIAGE: ATRALIA'S BS TAKE OUT FULL-PAGE AD BACKG SAME-SEX PARTNERSHIPS

Advertisements will also need to be vetted and broadsters mt ensure opposg views are shown or heard on May, Alan Joyce, chief executive of Qantas, Atralia's natnal airle, who is gay, was ambhed durg a speech at a bs breakfast Perth by a man who threw a lemon mergue pie his face. His assailant was reportedly a church-goer opposed to gay marriage.

In other untri the policians had the urage to make the cisn as elected members on behalf of the people, " explaed Vce Mchell, a profsor at the Universy of Sydney Bs ptn, Prof Vce Mchell believ the postal ballot will have a cleansg effect on AtraliaAtralia hered anti-gay laws om Brish lonisers, who arrived towards the end of the 18th Century. Until 1949, the ath penalty remaed on the statute books for sodomy the southern state of Victoria, but bold legislative change did eventually e September 1975, when South Atralia clared that male homosexualy would no longer be a crime. In between, police arrted more than 50 people at the first Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras para Sydney Mchell believ that, although ntroversial, the postal ballot uld have a cleansg effect on a untry that ntu to harbour unease and mistst about same-sex relatnships.

"Still wh (Atralian) society there is some latent phobia about what gay relatnships stand for, " he told the BBC. The anti-reform Coaln for Marriage hop to nvce the uncid that should same-sex upl be allowed to marry there would be ser nsequenc for children, who would be exposed to "radil" views on homosexualy schools.

THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE

Amics say the fight over gay marriage Atralia is a classic polil mpaign of "hope vers fear". An Atralian mpaign ad that claims same-sex marriage laws would lead to school children actg out gay relatnships and boys wearg drs class drew wispread fire on mercial was aired on Tuday by the Coaln for Marriage, a group that oppos equal marriage said that legalizg same-sex marriage would her tn programs that rob parents of the right to chose how children learn about adverts -- the first natnal televised mpaign for the ’No’ vote a September referendum on same-sex marriage -- misled viewers about what is at stake, acrdg to Edutn Mister Simon Birmgham.

Some of Atralia's biggt bs have thrown their weight behd the ph for gay marriage, wh a full-page newspaper advertisement today. "Labor is preparg to troduce s own bill on Monday and Mr Entsch said he was workg on a cross-party solutn and expected to have a draft bill ready by Mister Tony Abbott has emphasised any mov to legalise gay marriage mt be owned by the Parliament, not a sgle Abbott's sister Christe Forster told the ABC earlier she believed gay marriage would be legal Atralia by the end of the Forster, who is engaged to a woman, told Latele she thought her brother knew the change was she said she did not thk her brother's personal opposn to gay marriage had changed.

Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.