Australian Prime Minister says popular vote to decide gay marriage
MELBOURNE — Australia’s prime minister has given a personal assurance that his government will legalise gay marriage if a majority of Australians choose marriage equality in a popular vote.
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MELBOURNE — Australia’s prime minister has given a personal assurance that his government will legalise gay marriage if a majority of Australians choose marriage equality in a popular vote.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull told a radio station today (Jan 29) that his centre-right government will keep its promise to hold a plebiscite on the gay marriage question if the government is re-elected at elections due this year.
A number of the government’s most conservative lawmakers have recently announced that they might vote down gay marriage against the wishes of a majority of Australians.
But Mr Turnbull says his government would “absolutely” follow the result of the plebiscite.
The centre-left opposition Labor Party supports gay marriage. But the ruling coalition is bitterly divided on the issue. AP
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