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• ATRALIAN PRIME MISTER SH GAY MARRIAGE TO LAW
• ATRALIAN SENATE REPORT LLS FOR GAY MARRIAGE LAWS
• ARTICL ON GAY MARRIAGE LAWS
• ATRALIA HIGH URT OVERTURNS ACT GAY MARRIAGE LAW

ATRALIAN PRIME MISTER SH GAY MARRIAGE TO LAW

“People that thk gay people makg a mment is a threat to her marriage fails to realise that the real threat is lack of mment, ” Mr Turnbull said. CANBERRA, Atralia (AP) — Atralia’s prime mister shed gay marriage to law on Friday by gag a fal signature on a bill hours after was overwhelmg endorsed by Parliament and as the natn started planng weddgs that n take place a Mister Mallm Turnbull traveled to Government Hoe where Governor-General Peter Cosgrove signed the bill to law on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II, Atralia’s nstutnal head of state. Cosgrove’s signature mak gay marriage legal Atralia om Saturday, when same-sex upl who wed overseas will be regnized as married unr Atralian law.

Coupl who tend to marry mt give a lendar-month notice, makg gay weddgs legal on Jan. Relativ have ntted wills that left tat to same-sex partners, and gays and lbians want rights to accs and medil nsultatn when a partner is hospalized. ”Turnbull scribed Parliament votg late Thursday for gay marriage, wh only four lawmakers registerg their opposn, as a historic moment.

Celebratns ntued late to the night Oxford Street, the center of Sydney’s gay nightlife which is Turnbull’s electorate. Turnbull has been a long-term advote for marriage equaly and is the first prime mister to attend Sydney’s renowned annual Gay and Lbian Mardi Gras, which is also his electorate. Most gay rights advot believed the ernment should have allowed marriag years ago and saw var ias for a public survey as a layg tactic.

ATRALIAN SENATE REPORT LLS FOR GAY MARRIAGE LAWS

”___This story has been rrected to show that four, not five, lawmakers voted “no” and that the date gay marriag will beg is January 9, not January 6. The tennis legend, who has aroed fur opposn wh her views on homosexualy, has agreed to attend the Open January.

ARTICL ON GAY MARRIAGE LAWS

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. 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.

ATRALIA HIGH URT OVERTURNS ACT GAY MARRIAGE LAW

"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. Amics say the fight over gay marriage Atralia is a classic polil mpaign of "hope vers fear".

Image source, Getty ImagImage ptn, Public support for gay marriage has not been backed by Atralian policiansA bill amendg Atralia's marriage act to allow same-sex marriage should be troduced to the parliament urgently, a report PM Tony Abbott said he would hold a plebisce or "people's vote" after a general electn due next Atralian Senate mtee report said did not support this bee of the st and possible ramifitns for gay people. Atralian law specifi marriage is exclively between a man and a untry's new prime mister, Mallm Turnbull, supports gay marriage and has prevly said the ernment should allow s MPs to vote as they want on any bill to amend the marriage act, rather than followg the party le.