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Tasmania Marriage Equality Bill Advances |
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The last Australian state to decriminalize homosexuality may be the first to legalize same-sex marriage.
Tasmania's House of Assembly has passed a bill to allow gay couples to marry. After more than four hours of debate the bill was passed 13 votes to 11. The long-serving Speaker Michael Polley was the only Labor MP to vote against the legislation and was joined by all 10 Liberal MPs.
Premier Lara Giddings congratulated the Labor and Greens MPs who spoke in support of the move. "And I too look forward to being able to celebrate engagement parties, weddings, attending receptions," she said.
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August 30, 2012
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