Australia : ALP seeks partner for gay marriage law

Labor leader Bill Shorten will today (June 1st) seek to win Parliament support for same-sex marriage, but supporters will have to wait for behind-the-scene talks with Liberal Party backers.

Mr Shorten will introduce a private member’s Bill that proposes to change the Marriage Act.

Instead of marriage being between a man and a woman, it would define it as between two people. But it would also give religious institutions the right not to solemnise a gay marriage.

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