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.

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.

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

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.

ATRALIAN AD DRAWS FIRE FOR LKG GAY MARRIAGE TO BOYS DRS

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.

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

“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.

THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE

I've been lled a homophobe, a bigot and been told that my views are disgtg. 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.