Buloke country shire council praised for supporting gay marriage
THE rural north-west Victorian shire of Buloke has this week unanimously approved a motion that supports marriage equality and commits the council to writing to the federal government urging it to pass the reform.
The motion was passed at a council meeting on March 11, just two days after Tasmania’s Launceston City Council failed to pass a similar motion despite a majority of its councillors supporting marriage equality.
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed support for marriage equality from Buloke.
“The Buloke Council’s support for marriage equality shows the reform has strong support in rural as well as urban Australia,” Australian Marriage Equality national director Rodney Croome said.
In recent months marriage equality has been supported by other regional and rural city councils such as Geelong, Ballarat, Surf Coast, Byron Bay, Albury, and Wodonga. Many councils in suburban areas of major cities have also passed motions in support of marriage equality.
The Hobart Mercury has reported that the Hobart City Council will soon consider similar motion.
Australia what a embarrassment – still debating marriage equality!
Just allow it Australia already and to put it to rest!
There is no good reason to deny that we must keep evolving until an adult, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, monogamy or polyamory, race, or religion is free to share love, sex, residence, and marriage (and any of those without the others) with any and all consenting adults. Polyamory, polygamy, open relationships are not for everyone, but they are for some. The limited same-gender freedom to marry is a great and historic step, but is NOT full marriage equality, because equality “just for some” is not equality. Let’s stand up for EVERY ADULT’S right to marry the person(s) they love. Get on the right side of history!
Come on Australia, just allow marriage equality for fuck sake!
Meanwhile, in Launceston…