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Australia: In Online Forum, Gillard Calls for Marriage Equality Conscience Vote This Year |
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 Suicide prevention, obesity, gay marriage and the meaning of happiness were just a handful of issues the Prime Minister was quizzed on in a virtual chatroom this morning.
One of the more challenging questions came from Shane Bazzi, a 25-year-old Sydneysider who topped the poll on the OurSay.org website with more than 12,700 votes. He asked the Prime Minister to explain her opposition to gay marriage given she is as an atheist and leader of a "self-described socially progressive party".
"I don't think that heterosexual relationships are more valued than same-sex relationships," the Prime Minister replied. "I think people who are in loving, commited relationships, all of those relationships should be valued. I think my relationship should be valued and I'm not married." She said her view about gay marriage was based on its cultural status and differed from Mr Bazzi's. "These are very individual personal perspectives on the world...This should be a conscience vote in Labor. We will have a vote on changing the marriage act by the end of the year," she said.
Authored By Henrietta Cook - See the Full Story at smh.com.au
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July 21, 2012
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