Gay marriage bills face likely defeat

BOTH Houses of Parliament are set to defeat attempts to legalise gay marriage this week but advocates, including the cabinet minister Penny Wong, believe it is only a matter of time before Parliament catches up with the majority of public opinion. The Senate is due to...

Bestiality enters gay wed debate

LIBERAL Senator Cory Bernardi has suggested legalising same sex marriage would lead to demands for bestiality to also be sanctioned. Speaking in Parliament last night on a gay marriage bill sponsored by four Labor senators, Senator Bernardi said the push for same-sex...

Gay marriage won’t curb rights: Faulkner

CANBERRA, Sept 18 AAP – Legalising same sex marriage won’t curtail anyone else’s rights and won’t result in a mass outbreak of homosexuality, Labor Senator John Faulkner says. Resuming the Senate debate on the Labor and Greens bill to legalise...

Liberal senator defiant on gay bill

Liberal senator Sue Boyce will defy Tony Abbott by speaking in favour of a bill to legalise gay marriage, and has not ruled out crossing the floor to vote for it. Senators will tonight resume debating the bill, sponsored by Labor senators Trish Crossin, Carol Brown,...