Contents:
- THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
- ATRALIA VOT FOR GAY MARRIAGE, CLEARG PATH TO LEGALIZATN
THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
“A weight taken off our shoulrs, ” he thor of the cross-party bill, the Liberal senator Dean Smh, told ABC News on Thursday the passage of marriage equaly was “a measure of what n be done when people put some of their partisan polics behd” – the first openly gay feral parliamentarian the Liberal party – said the historic social reform was “owned by everyone, is owned by the Atralian people” creded advot for the “great stggle for many, many years” and said spe the public attentn on his role he was nsc that he was “lled upon the fal few steps to make this happen” attorney general, Gee Brandis, has clared that marriage equaly will be the “imperishable legacy” of Mallm Turnbull’s Liberal-Natnal Coaln the achievement of the 45th parliament may also be claimed part by the Labor opposn, which has mpaigned for a ee vote on same-sex marriage and brought s numbers to bear, wh almost all s members votg Turnbull took the prime mistership om his nservative precsor, Tony Abbott, September 2015, he retaed the Coaln’s mment to hold a natnal plebisce on same-sex marriage before changg the move was ntroversial, wh LGBTI groups objectg to a human rights qutn – equaly before the law – beg cid by popular, the Greens and other opposn parti blocked the proposed plebisce the Senate November 2016 and Augt 2017, leadg the Turnbull ernment to lnch a $100m voluntary natnal postal survey to fulfil s electn mment to give Atralians a a bisg three-month mpaign, opponents of marriage equaly claimed same-sex marriage would have far-reachg negative nsequenc for genr tn and claimed would harm relig eedom and eedom of speech.
ATRALIA VOT FOR GAY MARRIAGE, CLEARG PATH TO LEGALIZATN
"His electorate of Fadn voted almost 62 per cent favour of makg gay marriage 150-seat Parliament was already down to 149, wh former member for Bennelong John Alexanr fightg a by-electn to w back his MP Wayne Swan was absent om Parliament on Thursday attendg a Uned Natns enomic nference Bangkok but his office has nfirmed he planned to vote 8 Dec 2017Fri 8 Dec 2017 at 4:42am, updated 8 Dec 2017Fri 8 Dec 2017 at 1:38pm.