Gay marriages recognised inTasmania

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Wed 1st Sep, 2010 in Local News
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Tasmania’s Lower House of Parliament has OK’ed new laws to recognize same-sex marriages and civil unions conducted in the few forward-thinking countries and states where they are legal.

This means that civil unioned couples from New Zealand or married gay couples from Canada – for just two examples – will be recognized as legally partnered in Tasmania, though the Aussie state’s gay and lesbian citizens cannot yet marry there themselves.

It’s a small step forward, but an important one – and it proved to be fairly non-controversial as only three of the 25 Members of the House of Assembly voted against it, reports the ABC.

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pioneer_to_the_falls

pioneer_to_the_falls said on the 1st Sep, 2010

Considering it wasn't until 1997 that the law prohibiting gay sex was repealed in Tasmania... this is huge. Tassie has come a long way in 13 years.

Carmen

Carmen said on the 1st Sep, 2010

geeze as soon as I move out of Tassie it becomes progressive!

Light-Bearer

Light-Bearer said on the 1st Sep, 2010

Well they have been marrying family members for years.

Carmen

Carmen said on the 1st Sep, 2010

haha too true

TheOldie

TheOldie said on the 1st Sep, 2010

Well no more Tassie jokes eh.

Good on them.

poolboy jackson

poolboy jackson said on the 1st Sep, 2010

Will it encourage more tourism to the Apple Isle?

Dsquare

Dsquare said on the 1st Sep, 2010



Perhaps you were holding them back.

rudeboy86

rudeboy86 said on the 2nd Sep, 2010



You may no longer have a chip on your shoulder about Tassie but what about the scar? Lol...








Sorry...couldn't help myself. I mean well.

Carmen

Carmen said on the 2nd Sep, 2010

You may no longer have a chip on your shoulder about Tassie but what about the scar? Lol...








Sorry...couldn't help myself. I mean well.

lol

sjames6621

sjames6621 said on the 2nd Sep, 2010

I dont know much about politics in Tasmania and AU.

But the recognize gay marriage law is the handwriting on the wall that in a few years, if not sooner, Tasmainia will lead the way to full marriage equality in AU,

And for another country, the battle will have been won. Multiple battles. The catholic church of the molestation will be further disgraced as more and more people get to meet married gay couples, and learn to love and respect these people..

Congratulations to Tasmania

sjames6621

sjames6621 said on the 2nd Sep, 2010

I dont know much about politics in Tasmania and AU.

But the recognize gay marriage law is the handwriting on the wall that in a few years, if not sooner, Tasmainia will lead the way to full marriage equality in AU,

And for another country, the battle will have been won. Multiple battles. The catholic church of the molestation will be further disgraced as more and more people get to meet married gay couples, and learn to love and respect these people..

Congratulations to Tasmania

sjames6621

sjames6621 said on the 2nd Sep, 2010

I dont know much about politics in Tasmania and AU.

But the recognize gay marriage law is the handwriting on the wall that in a few years, if not sooner, Tasmainia will lead the way to full marriage equality in AU,

And for another country, the battle will have been won. Multiple battles. The catholic church of the molestation will be further disgraced as more and more people get to meet married gay couples, and learn to love and respect these people..

Congratulations to Tasmania

sjames6621

sjames6621 said on the 2nd Sep, 2010

I dont know much about politics in Tasmania and AU.

But the recognize gay marriage law is the handwriting on the wall that in a few years, if not sooner, Tasmainia will lead the way to full marriage equality in AU,

And for another country, the battle will have been won. Multiple battles. The catholic church of the molestation will be further disgraced as more and more people get to meet married gay couples, and learn to love and respect these people..

Congratulations to Tasmania

mark_

mark_ said on the 24th Oct, 2011

"We should value difference and diversity, and devalue discrimination" according to Tasmanian Greens leader Nick McKim's in his most recent advocacy stunt for redefining Marriage from that which is between a man and a woman.

In what has been hailed in the media as an unprecedented move, the Tasmanian House of Assembly, passed a motion (13-9) to give in-principle support to marriage equality. In doing so, the last state to decriminalise homosexuality, is now being heralded as the first, at least in part, to endorse full relationship equality for same-sex couples.

But the reality is that the House of Assembly engaged in a shallow publicity stunt and for want of Green representation in the State's Upper House that's where it ends. While Labor's minority government might have voted contrary to Party policy in support of the Greens in the House of Assembly they are not volunteering to take it into the upper house on their defacto's behalf!

Instead, we have a shameless beat-up by the media of a no-momentum motion, passed by a Greens-heavy lower house in a State which nobody really cares about anyway. Even the Holy See has yet to make up its mind which Melbourne Auxiliary it is going to exile there!

http://coo-eesfromthecloister.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2011-10-05T11%3A08%3A00%2B11%3A00