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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 4 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 5 days ago
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    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 5 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 6 days ago
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    Marriage rally this weekend

    He’s one of Australia’s favourite comedians but Adam Hills will show he thinks marriage equality is no laughing matter this weekend in Melbourne. He will be speaking at this weekend’s Equal Love rally in front of the...

    • Posted 9 days ago
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    Small jump in marriage support

    Same-sex marriage support has climbed four per cent in the latest Essential Research poll. Four polls taken since July 2011 have seen support plateau at 54 per cent in favour of marriage equality, however the poll taken...

    • Posted 11 days ago
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    “Small win” after local elections

    Marriage equality advocates are remaining positive after last weekend’s Tasmanian Upper House election results which saw no effective movement towards candidates who support for same-sex marriage. Tasmanians took to the polls on Saturday for the three Upper...

    • Posted 11 days ago
  • Delaware
    Another US state gets marriage equality

    Delaware may have been the first state to ratify the US Constitution but it has become the 11th state to legalise same-sex marriage. The state’s Senate passed a same-sex marriage bill on Tuesday with 12 votes to...

    • Posted 11 days ago
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    Mixed messages on marriage free vote?

    Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has extinguished growing speculation of same-sex marriage laws passing in the next Parliament if elected in September. He told Fairfax Media at the weekend he did not anticipate “much enthusiasm” to revisit...

    • Posted 12 days ago
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    Labor shows off rainbow ties

    Labor Party candidates, MPs and even ministers are putting their faces to a new online campaign highlighting the support for same-sex marriage within the party. Rainbow Labor advocates launched ‘Labor for Marriage Equality’ last month on social...

    • Posted 16 days ago
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