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They 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 com
by mrkeen 3y ago
They 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.
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- 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.