“Even if you start having bits chopped off, you are actually only deluding yourself. You are and remain until the day you die either male or female, as God made you,” Anning said, on the Senate floor.
Morrison said law reform to strengthen religious freedoms was on his agenda.
Pratt, an out lesbian who has a son with her trans ex-partner, was recently appointed Labor’s new national equality spokesperson.
NSW Senator Concetta Fierravanti-Wells resigned yesterday after supporting Peter Dutton’s tilt at the leadership because “the same-sex marriage debate eroded the support of our base.”
She will be the NSW lead candidate for Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives.
The seven bishops have publicly called for MPs to resist the push towards amendments for religious protections.
The fate of marriage equality now rests in the hands of the House of Representatives.
“I’d call on everyone to honour the will of the Australian people as expressed through this plebiscite, so for those of us who are arguing against change, if it goes against us, we should honour it. That’s what I’ll do.”
Marriage equality could be a reality by the end of next week.
The amendments from conservative senators such as James Paterson, George Brandis, and Matt Canavan were all shot down.
