Australia: Green Party Calls for Conscience Vote on Gay Marriage

Tony Abbott likes to talk freely about sex so he should let his colleagues do the same on the issue of gay marriage, the Australian Greens say. A bill to alter the Marriage Act, introduced by Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young last year, is likely to be debated in the Senate next week.

The debate follows a record-breaking Senate inquiry, which received 27,000 submissions both for and against same-sex marriage. Senator Hanson-Young says it's a hot topic that should be put to a conscience vote in the Senate. "Both Labor and the coalition have argued that same-sex marriage is a moral issue, so the bill should be treated that way," she told AAP.

"And a free vote would allow MPs to express how they really feel."

Full Story from Smh.com.au
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