Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1101 Friday 2 December 2011
Crunch time looms
Supportersofmarriageequalityhaveoutpetitioned opponents ahead of the ALP
National Conference at which Rainbow...
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Australia’s leading gay and lesbian newspaper Est.
1979 www.
starobserver.
com.
au Issue 1101 Friday 2 December 2011
Crunch time looms
Supportersofmarriageequalityhaveoutpetitioned opponents ahead of the ALP
National Conference at which Rainbow
Labornowbelievesithasthenumbersto
change the party’s platform to embrace
same-sexmarriage.
At the time of writing an Australian
ChristianLobby(ACL)petitionhadclose
to 90,000 signatures towards its goal of
100,000.
“We’ve had this extraordinary display
ofunityamongAustraliansthatmarriage
istheunionofonemanandonewoman,
voluntarily entered into for life,” ACL
managingdirectorJimWallacesaid.
However, the ACL petition was
dwarfed by a GetUp! petition in favour of
marriage equality which was at 130,000
andclimbing.
A GetUp! marriage equality video
released last week has already had more
than2millionviewsonYouTube,andhas
attractedinternationalmediaattention.
Both the ACL and GetUp! will present
theirpetitionstoconferencedelegates.
One of Rainbow
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