LGBT News Australia's Abbott Government to challenge ACT's Marriage Law

BiPenguin · Oct 22, 2013

As expected, the Abbott Government which is attached to fundamentalist religious groups such as the Christian Lobby(ACL), is going to take the ACT Government to the High Court seeking to have marriage equality quashed.

Not surprising for a mob who ran election based on race and religion.

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The Federal Government has confirmed it will go ahead with a High Court challenge after the ACT today became the first Australian jurisdiction to legalise same-sex marriage.

The ACT Labor Government passed its Marriage Equality Same-Sex Bill in the Legislative Assembly with the help of Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury.

Under the law, same-sex couples from across Australia will be able to marry in the ACT by the end of the year.

"There is no longer any excuse, if there ever was, to discriminate against same-sex couples in our community," Chief Minister Katy Gallagher told the Assembly.

"They are our children, our parents, our brothers, our sisters, our leaders, our business people, our mentors and our colleagues.

"More than anything, they are our equals. The Marriage Equality Act puts this fundamental principle and human right into law."

Mr Rattenbury says he is proud to stand for equality.

"Perhaps most simply I am proud to stand in support of the notion that two people who love each other should be able to get married," he said.

Amendments were also passed to strengthen the laws against any challenge in the High Court.

But a spokesperson for Attorney-General George Brandis confirmed that the Government will request the High Court to expedite a hearing into the legislation.

Earlier this month, Senator Brandis said he had received advice the bill was "invalid by reason of inconsistency" with the Commonwealth Marriage Act.

"It would be very distressing to individuals who may enter into a ceremony of marriage under the new ACT law, and to their families, to find that their marriages were invalid," a statement put out today read.
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Sully · Oct 22, 2013

Well we all knew that was coming. I seriously don't understand why this is even an issue in Australia.

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