As Sydney and Adelaide attracted huge crowds to march through the streets for full marriage equality at the weekend, two openly gay MPs have pledged their support for same-sex couples seeking to marry.

Out lesbian Senator Penny Wong (pictured first), who annoyed many gay activists when she toed the official Labor Party line in not publicly supporting marriage law reform before the general election, said on Saturday she will now push the party on the issue.

“I will be advocating for our party to support equality including to in relation to marriage or same-sex couples and I do so because I have a deeply held commitment to equality,” she said, reports the ABC.

Appearing at Labor’s South Australian state conference in Adelaide, Wong supported a motion for a federal policy change in favour of gay marriage.

“This state was the first state in this nation to decriminalise homosexuality,” she pointed out. “Why should we now resile from expressing our views, our support for the principles of equality here today?”

Green leader happily unmarried

Meanwhile, Greens leader Bob Brown has revealed that while his party is pushing for marriage equality, he’s not considering marrying his long-term male partner if gay marriages are legalised.

Probed by the Sunday Telegraph on the issue he has spoken passionately about, Brown said he and his partner of ten years are not planning to wed.

“Paul and I registered our partnership in Tasmania surrounded by a group of friends. It’s not something that I’ve really considered,” he explains.

Reacting to Brown’s view, Australian Marriage Equality’s Alex Greenwich said the Greens leader is proving that the gay marriage movement is all about giving same-sex couples the same choices as everyone else.

“Bob Brown’s statement is a reminder that the same-sex marriage debate is about couples having the choice to marry, as much as it is about them actually marrying,” he says.

“It’s also a reminder that the decision to marry is a deeply personal one that should not be made lightly or for political effect.”

“Equality now!”

Over a thousand Sydneysiders met at the Town Hall to march through the city’s streets for Marriage Equality on a sunny Saturday afternoon at the weekend, while another huge crowd met in central Adelaide.

Labor Senator Doug Cameron (pictured second) got the biggest cheers from the Sydney crowd. “I am not coming out,” the straight politician laughed, “but I am a supporter of equal marriage. None of the arguments against gay marriage pass the test of fairness and equality.

“This is a hot issue in the Labor Party, and I’m proud to be a supporter. Whether you want to get married or not, and lots of people don’t, this is about fairness.”

Cameron encouraged same-sex marriage supporters to write to their MPs to make sure their voices are heard.

“Some say this is a ‘fringe issue’, and that we need to simply concentrate on issues like the financial system, but that’s simply wrong. We live in a society, not an economy. We deserve to live in a society which is inclusive ad compassionate.”

Greens Senator Lee Rhinannon spoke next, and was scathing of the Prime Minister’s lack of support for gay marriage law reform.

“Julia Gillard is a big disappointment on this issue,” she said. “We needed leadership, and she’s failed.”

See Same Same’s photo gallery from Sydney’s Equal Love rally here, and a video showing the crowd and speeches at the end of the rally is shown below.