Atralia’s lg party wants a public vote on legalisg gay marriage; opponents say is for parliament to ci | The Enomist explas
Contents:
- THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
- WHY A PLANNED VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE HAS DIVID ATRALIA
THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
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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.
WHY A PLANNED VOTE ON GAY MARRIAGE HAS DIVID ATRALIA
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.