Australian Senate Enquiry into Gay Marriage Receives 20K Submissions

Although the official final count is unknown, more than 20,000 submissions have been received by the Senate Inquiry into same-sex marriage. The Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009, introduced by Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young earlier this year, was referred to Senate Committee in July and accepted submissions up until August 28. There seems to have been a flurry of last-minute submission writing. Sydney Star Observer reported at the end of July only five submissions had been collected opposing gay marriage and 1400 had been received in favour of repealing the current ban. Full Story from SSO

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