Marriage equality advocates have welcomed a commitment from the Northern Territory Labor Party to a conscience vote on Territory laws allowing same-sex marriages.
The party made the commitment in response to an election questionnaire from the Australian Christian Lobby.
Australian Marriage Equality national convener, Alex Greenwich said,
“We applaud NT Labor for opening up the possibility of the Northern Territory joining Tasmanian and South Australia in allowing same-sex couples to marry.”
“If the Northern Territory were to pass marriage equality it would send a strong message to the rest of the nation that the time has come for national reform.”
In its response to the ACL questionnaire NT Labor said,
“If there is a proposal to amend the definition of marriage in the Territory, members of the Australian Labor Party will vote according to their conscience.”
Northern Territorians go to the polls on Saturday in what is predicted to be a close election.
A copy of the questionnaire can be found at: http://www.acl.org.au/nt-votes-2012/
For more information contact Alex Greenwich on 0421 316 335.