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Australia: Competing Marriage Equality Bills Working Through Parliament

Monday, April 30th, 2012

Australia: Competing Marriage Equality Bills Working Through ParliamentThrosby MP Stephen Jones’ same-sex marriage bill has proven less popular than a rival Greens bill as the Federal Government wraps up the first stage of its inquiry into the issue.
A Senate committee into same-sex marriage finished the consultation phase of its inquiry last week.

An online survey undertaken as part of the consultation process found two-thirds of all respondents believed the law should be changed to allow gay couples to marry.

Of those, 64 per cent expressed support for the Greens bill, put forward by lower house MP Adam Bandt. In a separate question put to the same group, 60 per cent supported Mr Jones’ bill.

Full Story from the Illawarra Mercury

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Finland: Parliament Debating Marriage Equality Bill

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

Finland Parliament and Marriage EqualityFinnish Parliament held a preliminary debate on Wednesday on a legislative initiative for a law that would give equal marriage rights to same-sex couples. The initiative will now go before the Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee, where its passage is uncertain.

Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade Alexander Stubb (Nat. Coalition Party), the first signatory of the initiative, defended it passionately in the debate.

“This initiative is aimed at dismantling a system that causes inequality, in which couple relationships are divided into A and B categories”, Stubb said.

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Two Marriage Equality Bills Introduced in Australian Parliament

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

Australia Marriage Equality BillsTwo private members bills aimed at legalising gay marriage have been introduced into Federal Parliament.

Labor MP Stephen Jones signalled he would introduce a private members bill to legalise gay marriage at the ALP’s conference in December.

But late last week Greens MP Adam Bandt and Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie indicated they would put forward another bill designed to achieve the same outcome.

Full Story from ABC News

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Australia: Marriage Equality Bills to Be Introduced in Parliament Next Week

Thursday, February 9th, 2012

Australia Marriage Equality BillsThrosby MP Stephen Jones will introduce his same-sex marriage bill to federal parliament next week, one of two such bills to be presented. Mr Jones’ private member’s bill will be tabled on Monday, along with a second to be jointly sponsored by Greens MP Adam Bandt and Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie.

Both are likely to include protections for churches that refuse on religious grounds to marry same-sex couples.

Mr Bandt wants both bills referred to a parliamentary inquiry which is considering another piece of Greens legislation on the same issue.

Full Story from the Illawarra Mercury

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Australia: Debate Over Marriage Equality Delayed to Garner Support

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

Australia Marriage Equality DebateTHE gay marriage debate in Parliament will be pushed back to later in the year to give advocates for change more time to garner enough support to have legislation for same sex marriage passed.

Instead of the debate being held immediately – which would have seen the bill defeated – the gay marriage campaign has changed focus to increase pressure on Tony Abbott to change his mind and allow opposition MPs a conscience vote.

“The Coalition went to the last election as the party promising more individual freedom and less government interference in home life. Those values are consistent with a conscience vote on marriage equality,” the national convener of Australian Marriage Equality, Alex Greenwich, said.

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Pro and Anti Marriage Equality Forces Rally at Scottish Parliament

Thursday, December 8th, 2011

Scottish Marriage Equality RalliesSupporters of same-sex marriage have been met by a noisy counter-demonstration outside the Scottish Parliament. Members of the Humanist Society had gathered at Holyrood the day before a Scottish Government consultation on the issue closes. But they were at times drowned out by religious supporters of the institution of marriage.

Ross Wright, of the Humanist Society, addressed the demonstration which included people dressed in white wedding dresses.

He said: “Quite simply, marriage should be a free choice: free for all couples and free for the celebrant to choose whether they are happy to officiate. Marriage is important. Love does not discriminate and a concept of modern marriage for Scotland is the sensible and reasonable way forward.”

Full Story from The Press Association

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Queensland Parliament Likely to Approve Civil Unions Thursday

Monday, November 28th, 2011

Queensland Civil Unions VoteCIVIL unions are expected to be narrowly approved in Queensland parliament on Thursday, ramping up pressure on Labor the day before gay marriage is debated at the ALP national conference.

The bill to formalise same-sex unions is expected to succeed on Labor numbers, despite at least three MPs tipped to use a conscience vote and oppose the bill.

Deputy premier Andrew Fraser, who introduced the private member’s bill last month, said the vote would be tight and attacked the Liberal National Party for ruling out a conscience vote.

Full Story from The Australian

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Australia: Queensland Parliamentary Committee Approves Civil Unions Bill

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011

Queensland Civil Unions HearingA parliamentary committee has recommended laws to allow civil partnerships in Queensland be passed.

The legal affairs committee held public hearings to get input from those for and against the legal recognition of same-sex relationships and has now tabled its report.

The committee’s six Government MPs are supporting civil unions. However, the recommendation to endorse civil unions was not unanimous, with three of the committee’s nine MPs issuing dissenting reports.

Full Story from ABC News

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Australia: Groups Air Views on Queensland Civil Unions

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

Queensland Civil Unions Hearing21 groups spoke at a public consultation on a state civil unions bill in the Queensland Parliament on Thursday. Groups speaking against civil unions included the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL), the Catholic Archdiocese of Brisbane, the Presbyterian Church, Family Voice Australia, the National Marriage Coalition, the Australian Family Association and the Family Council of Queensland.

Groups speaking in favour of the bill included PFLAG Australia, the Anglican Church’s Social Responsibilities Committee, Queensland Association for Healthy Communities (QAHC), Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, the Queensland Anti-Discrimination Commission, the Metropolitan Community Church, the Queensland Law Society, and Australian Marriage Equality (AME).

ACL spokeswoman Wendy Francis claimed Queensland should not be considering civil unions because marriage was a Federal issue, and said civil unions would undermine children’s “right” to begin life with their biological parents.

Full Story from the Star Observer

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Australia: Tasmanian Parliament Says Yes to Marriage Equality

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

Tasmania Gay Marriage VoteThe Tasmanian parliament’s House of Assembly has backed gay marriage, putting pressure on the federal Labor government to follow suit.

This is the first time a house in any Australian parliament has voted in favour of marriage equality. Tasmania only voted to legalise homosexuality in 1997.

Tasmanian Greens Leader Nick McKim said: “Labor and the Greens have come together to advance this cause, in another vindication of the outcomes achievable from collaboration in a power sharing Parliament.”

Full Story from Pink News

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