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I'm not sure about handing them the win of legalising same-sex marriage. They could have just passed it straight into law, instead they had this fuckaround of a
by russelg 3y ago
I'm not sure about handing them the win of legalising same-sex marriage. They could have just passed it straight into law, instead they had this fuckaround of a non-binding plebiscite, wasting huge amounts of money ($400m I believe it cost). They basically passed it kicking and screaming.
- mrkeen 3y agoThey were also the ones that locked it down in 2004. The purpose of the Marriage Amendment Bill 2004 (‘the Bill’) is to give effect to the Government’s commitment to protect the institution of marriage by ensuring that marriage means a union of a man and a woman and that same sex relationships cannot be equated with marriage. http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/bill_em/mab2004175/memo1.html http://www5.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/cth/bill_em/mab2004175/m...
- someotherperson 3y agoThe 2004 bill was supported by the Labor party. The central point of the bill was to formalise the intended constitutional intention and, if there are to be any changes, that this decision should be one carried out by parliament and not by courts.