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Write to your MP!

The House of Reps has concluded its survey on marriage equality, and 64% of respondents said they want this reform.

Now it's time to write to your MP about why marriage equality matters to you.

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Marriage Equality Matters

FOR many Australians marriage is a profoundly meaningful way to demonstrate love, strengthen commitment and reinforce family ties. Denying anyone the right to marry because of gender or sexuality is simply not fair. Australian Marriage Equality is campaigning to change the law so that same-sex couples are allowed to marry.

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04 May 12 AME resources, Resources, Uncategorized | Comments Off

Marriage equality: a symbol of love

The following address was delivered by AME campaign director, Rodney Croome, at the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee hearing into marriage equality on 3.5.12 Hundreds of thousands of Australians from all walks of life are excluded from one of our society’s most important legal and social institutions, marriage, for the sole reason we find ...

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Same-sex relationship laws in Australia
Australian States Vic SA WA NT QLD NSW TAS ACT
In Australia the federal, state and territory governments share responsibility for making laws about marriage, relationships and families.

For more information about the legal status of same-sex relationships and parenting in a particular state or territory, click on that state or territory.

For information about the legal status of same-sex relationships in Australian national law, click here.