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    Wyatt Roy announces equal marriage support

    Australia’s youngest Parliamentarian has joined the growing ranks of Coalition MPs to come out in support of marriage equality. Speaking to the media earlier today, 23-year old Queensland MP Wyatt Roy said he supported same-sex marriage and...

    • Posted 2 days ago
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    Hockey against same-sex marriage

    Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey has announced he will vote against marriage equality even if the Coalition grants its members a free vote on the issue. Speaking to the press on Wednesday, Hockey said that while the issue...

    • Posted 2 days ago
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    Rudd support will create new stolen generation: ACL

    The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) claims that former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s new-found support for marriage equality will create a new “stolen generation”. A statement released by ACL Tuesday morning said that despite rightly giving an apology...

    • Posted 5 days ago
  • Rudd-Standard
    Rudd reverses gay marriage position

    Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has revealed a change of heart on the issue of marriage equality, announcing that he now believes a “secular Australian state should be able to recognise same sex marriage”. Rudd posted a...

    • Posted 5 days ago
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    Pratt calls out Abbott

    WA Labor Senator Louise Pratt has questioned why federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has allowed MPs to speak their minds on some issues and not on marriage equality. Pratt seized on the comments made by Liberal backbencher...

    • Posted 11 days ago
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    Flag fail

    Labor’s push for Sydney’s LGBTI vote hit a roadblock at a City of Sydney Council meeting on Monday night as more than a hundred people gathered in the public gallery and chalked rainbows on the footpath in front of...

    • Posted 12 days ago
  • Minnesota
    Minnesota passes marriage equality bill

    Minnesota has become the 12th US state  - and the third in two weeks – to pass legislation in favour of same-sex marriage. The Minnesotan Senate approved marriage equality after several hours of debate on Monday with a...

    • Posted 12 days ago
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    Marriage rally draws sombre tale

    X Factor contestant Paige Phoenix highlighted an often untouched part of the marriage equality debate on Saturday when he told of getting married to his wife, only to have it revoked on a technicality. The transgender man...

    • Posted 13 days ago
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    Thanks NZ: SA Labor

    Social Inclusion minister Ian Hunter has welcomed moves by the South Australian Labor Party to formally congratulate New Zealand for passing its same-sex marriage laws last month. SA Labor politicians, MLA Steph Key and MLC Gerry Kandelaars,...

    • Posted 16 days ago
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    Marriage bill a stunt: Rainbow Labor

    The Labor Party’s LGBTI advocacy network says the Greens should focus on shoring up a free vote for the Liberal Party instead taking a bill to Parliament again. Yesterday, Greens deputy leader and Melbourne MP Adam Bandt...

    • Posted 16 days ago
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