The ALP state conference has voted to send a message to Julia Gillard to “get over it” and legalise gay marriage.
Only the conservative shop assistant’s union voted against the urgency motion.
However, national secretary Joe De Bruyn declined to debate the issue, saying it was a matter for the national platform and the powerful union would save its arguments for the National conference in December.
Ms Gillard has regularly reiterated her opposition to gay marriage, but a strong move is expected at the national conference to change the party’s platform, which will put pressure on the federal government to amend the Marriage Act.
The Victorian branch passed a motion in 2009 in support of gay marriage, but today reiterated that support, calling on the ALP to change the national policy.
The votes brings Victoria in to line with most of the country’s states and territories in pressuring the federal government to change its platform. New South Wales is the only state not to have voted in support of gay marriage.
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