A MOUNT Gambier same-sex couple is aiming to collect at least 20,000 signatures in the Barker electorate to lobby the Federal Government to allow gays to marry.

Keen to tie the knot, Eerin Wilson and Sarah Ward have joined a national campaign by marriage equality advocates to influence an upcoming conscience vote in parliament on same-sex marriage.

With the Greens wanting to enable the public to have their say, the party is pushing to send their same-sex bill to the senate legal and constitutional affairs committee for an inquiry.

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If you live on the Limestone Coast (electorate of Barker), sign the petition here.

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