Gay MP in Australia Says "I Want to Get Married"

Ian Hunter, a South Australian Labor MP spoke in Parliament yesterday about how much he wants to marry his partner, and how wrong it is for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to continue to stand in the way of gay marriage in Australia. As AdelaideNow reports, Hunter has been an openly gay member of Parliament since 2006 and has been in a relationship with his partner Leith for nearly two decades. Originally born in Broken Hill, Hunter said that he’s no longer content accepting ‘the crumbs from the table’. “I want to get married,” said Hunter. “But I can’t – I can’t marry the person I love, not in my own country… Next year will be the twentieth anniversary of my not being married to my partner Leith… Yes I could travel to Massachusetts or South Africa and get married. But I want to share my marriage with my family and my friends – like we all do. I want to get married and you, Mr Rudd, are stopping me.” Full Story from Same Same

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