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Jt three weeks after a natnal referendum showed strong support for gay marriage, Parliament voted overwhelmgly to follow the public’s lead.

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AS GAY ATRALIANS HEAR WEDDG BELLS, VENDORS SEE DOLLAR SIGNS

Gay and lbian upl took to the alter at the stroke of midnight, wh marriage equaly a realy after long fight * australia gay mariage *

While there are fewer and fewer rights and obligatns attached to married upl which do not attach to facto upl—a stat currently enpassg same-sex upl most legal ntexts—supporters of gay rights argue this is not enough, and that the remag differenc are unacceptable. Kev Rudd reversed his opposn to gay marriage May 2013, shortly before regag the Labor learship.

In the electn mpaign, Abbott reaffirmed that he would not support legislatn to allow gay marriage. 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.

THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE

Sort through the more than 30 jurisdictns that have enacted laws allowg gays and lbians to marry. * australia gay mariage *

Opponents of the chang argued they would legalize discrimatn agast the gay muny.

Atralia legalized gay marriage last month, but people uld only start marryg on Jan. 9. * australia gay mariage *

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.

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