Afghanistan, climate change, terrorism, asylum seekers? No, the big issue for Australian politicians these days is whether to allow gay marriages.
‘I confidently predict we’ll see an end to discrimination in the marriage laws during this period of government,’ openly gay Australian Greens leader Bob Brown said.
The idea of joining Argentina, Canada, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa and Spain in recognizing same-sex marriages has supporters in both Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s ruling Labor Party and the Liberal opposition.
What convinces Brown that the country’s two major parties will dump their official stance that marriage is just for heterosexuals is opinion polling showing that only one-third of voters are dead set against the institution being opened up to homosexuals.
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