Posts tagged Dean Smith

The group slammed Senator James Paterson’s opposing bill and called it “legalised homophobia”.

The new conservative bill will offer protection to anyone from being forced to participate in a same-sex wedding “against their beliefs”.

“No other country passed marriage equality with discriminatory add-ons and Australia shouldn’t either”

Even if Yes wins, conservative politicians are plotting to attach over 100 amendments to destabilise the progress of marriage equality.

They’ve estimated that the postal survey will see the Yes vote above 60 per cent and the No vote above 30 per cent.

Only seven Liberal MPs voted to abandon the plebiscite in favour of a free vote.

The Equality Campaign’s Anna Brown breaks down exactly what the bill means for marriage equality.

The bill will allow ‘two people’ to marry regardless of their sex or gender, while still maintaining the right for religious ministers and religious service providers to refuse their services to same-sex couples.

Here’s the rundown on how that could happen.

“Let’s ramp up the pressure, give the government a ring, and together we can make history”