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Watch the powerful Macklemore performance antigay politicians didn’t want you to see
…and the anti-marriage ad originally deemed too offensive for TV that ran after his performance.
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Former Australian Prime Minister says his sister isn’t a good parent because she’s gay
When you have to resort to tactics this disgusting, the argument is lost and you know it.
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Former Australian PM says he opposes marriage equality & his sister isn’t having it
She has been wanting to marry her fiancé for four years, while her powerful brother is doing what he can to prevent it.
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Australian government faces backlash for gay marriage stance
Prime Minister Tony Abbott is battling poor polling and internal divisions over whether Australia should lift a ban on same-sex marriage.
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Australian government lawmaker introduces gay marriage bill
A 65-year-old former crocodile farmer has introduced legislation that would legalize gay marriage in Australia.
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Australian government undermines chance of gay marriage
The bill that would’ve allowed marriage equality is all but doomed.
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Australian Prime Minister blocks free vote on same-sex marriage
He says maybe the nation can vote sometime after 2016.
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Australian Prime Minister brushes off snub to diplomat’s same-sex partner
Ambassador Stephen Brady offered to resign after a disagreement involving Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s reception at an airport tin Paris.
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Australia lawmaker: Gay marriage ban a ‘bizarre misappropriation of power’
An Australian lawmaker is challenging Prime Minister Tony Abbott to allow Members of Parliament a free vote on same-sex marriage and said he would introduce legislation to amend the federal marriage act as soon as that happens. Liberal Democratic Senator David Leyonhjelm said he hopes the “closet libertarians” in Parliament will support him…
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Tasmania lawmakers defer same-sex marriage debate to federal parliament
HOBART, Tasmania — A motion to revive the debate over same-sex marriage in Tasmania’s parliament was defeated in the Upper House Legislative Council Tuesday, as local MP’s voted to leave the question up to the Federal Parliament in Canberra.
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Australian Prime Minister signals challenge to capital’s gay marriage bill
Newly elected Australian prime minster Tony Abbott said this week that his government is considering possibly blocking the Australian Capital Territory’s (ACT) proposed same-sex marriage legislation.
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Christian lobby vows to block same-sex marriage efforts in Australian capital
CANBERRA, Australia — The Australian Christian Lobby, a powerful anti-gay political faction, announced this week that it will exert pressure on Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott, to override the Australian Capital Territory’s proposed marriage equality law by passing a bill in the federal parliament to block the effort.
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Wife of likely Australia PM doesn’t support husband’s opposition to gay marriage
FORESTVILLE, New South Wales — Margie Abbott, wife of the man many expect to be elected the next Prime Minister of Australia, indicated in a television interview Thursday that she does not necessarily support her husband’s staunch opposition to same-sex marriage.
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Aussie coalition opposed to gay marriage promotes $200 marriage vouchers
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s Opposition leader Tony Abbott and his Liberal National Coalition, who are opposed to legalizing same-sex marriage down under, are offering a $200 voucher to couples who register to be married.