Jt three weeks after a natnal referendum showed strong support for gay marriage, Parliament voted overwhelmgly to follow the public’s lead.
Contents:
- THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
- ATRALIA'S 1ST GAY MARRIAGE ENDS WH TRAGIC ATH OF TERMALLY ILL SPOE
THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
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Thirteen years after changg the Marriage Act to explicly forbid same-sex unns, feral policians voted to undo the last major piece of discrimatn agast gay and lbian followed last month's emphatic rolutn of the Atralian public the postal survey to jo the rt of the English-speakg world by embracg marriage vote the Hoe of Reprentativ, mut before 6pm on Thursday, me after last week's vote the Senate, meang the law has now passed both ho of Parliament. Government gay marriage supporters Tim Wilson and Warren Entsch embrace as Trent Zimmerman watch Alex EllghsenAttorney-General Gee Brandis advised the law would formally change on Saturday, allowg same-sex upl to lodge a Notice of Intend Marriage om this mimum notice perd is one month, meang the first legally regnised same-sex weddg uld take place on January 9. " referrg to Liberal MP Warren Entsch, a long-time gay rights advote and ally.
Numero well-known gay and lbian Atralians were prent to wns the historic moment, cludg Olympic swimmer Ian Thorpe and actrs Magda Szubanski. "Thorpe, who stggled wh his sexualy for many years and me out publicly 2014, said was a "momento day" for young gay and lbian people.
"While gay rights mpaigners have fought for marriage equaly for s, the direct path to Thursday's vote began two years ago when the former Abbott ernment announced would settle the qutn of same-sex marriage by a public Turnbull ntued that policy, but was blocked by opponents the Senate. "LoadgVeteran gay rights mpaigner Rodney Croome dited the victory to those who had mpaigned over many years, cludg those who had died before the law was changed.
ATRALIA'S 1ST GAY MARRIAGE ENDS WH TRAGIC ATH OF TERMALLY ILL SPOE
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7, 2017SYDNEY, Atralia — Atralia’s Parliament voted overwhelmgly to legalize same-sex marriage on Thursday, overg years of nservative ristance to enact change that the public had ma clear that fal approval the Hoe of Reprentativ, wh jt four vot agast the bill, me three weeks after a natnal referendum showed strong public support for gay marriage. “It is a huge affirmatn of the digny of gay people yet another untry, and that will reverberate the liv of people across Atralia and the world.
Turnbull noted that nothg the legislatn requir misters or other celebrants to oversee weddgs of gay upl or threatens the chary stat of relig groups that oppose same-sex marriage, two ncerns the lawmakers had fal bate the Hoe of Reprentativ, which lasted four days, featured more than 100 the first day, there was a marriage proposal: Tim Wilson, a gay member of Parliament wh the center-right Liberal Party, spoke of the stggl he and his partner, Ryan Bolger, had enuntered as a uple, before chokg up, fdg him the public gallery and askg: “Ryan Patrick Bolger, will you marry me? ”For many lawmakers and gay-rights advot workg behd the scen, the bate took on the feel of a munal reckong wh Atralia’s long history of one pot, Adam Bandt, a Greens Party lawmaker om Melbourne, psed for a moment of silence after referrg to the “nocent blood” of gay Atralians who were hurt durg the long battle for marriage Shorten, lear of the opposn Labor Party, asked for fivens “for the long lay, for the jtic and the digni both great and small. ”He also paid tribute to a Labor Party lleague, Senator Penny Wong, a gay polician who he said had walked “a lonely road and a hard road” to help change Atralia.