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Australian member of parliament proposes during marriage equality bill debate
Champagne all around!
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This incredible letter to a bullied Australian boy with lesbian moms will make you sob
“Your mums were made to love each other from the same moment the stars exploded, and they are the exactly right people for each other, and for you.”
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LGBT activists rejoice after Australia scraps plan for nationwide marriage vote
The Senate voted 33-29 late Monday against holding the plebiscite Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s conservative government had planned for Feb. 11.
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Opposition party sinks Australian plan for nationwide vote on marriage equality
The Australian opposition decided to block plans for a public but non-binding vote on gay marriage, arguing it would better if the issue was decided in Parliament.
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Majority of Australians support marriage equality, don’t want national vote
Parties that support gay marriage, including Labor, argue that the plebiscite was proposed by hard-right conservatives who want it to fail.
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Murdoch-owned Australian paper publishes anti-gay Nazi political cartoon
The News Corp owned paper ran an incredibly offensive political cartoon comparing marriage equality activists to Nazi stormtroopers.
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Gay senator opposes Australian plan for marriage equality
Government plans to hold an opinion poll on whether gay marriage should be legalized suffered a blow when a gay senator announced he opposed the plan.
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Australian politicians will introduce bills to legalize same-sex marriage
While Labor wants Parliament to decide the divisive issue quickly, the government wants to first hold a popular vote on marriage equality.
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Fate of marriage equality in Australia grows uncertain
As political parties distance themselves from the plan to hold a nonbinding national referendum on marriage equality, Parliament may be forced to make a decision.
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Australian opposition leader shifts position on same-sex marriage
Both opposition leader Bill Shorten and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull support same sex marriage, but differ on how it should be achieved.