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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-25344219The ACT parliament passed a bill in October making the territory the first part of Australia to legalise same-sex weddings.
But the national government challenged the decision, saying it was inconsistent with federal laws.
Some 27 couples who married since the law came into effect last weekend will now have their unions declared invalid.
The court said the issue should be decided by parliament - which in September 2012 voted down gay marriage legislation.
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I can imagine a number of extremely pissed off couples now their marriage has been made void
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2013-12-12, 05:43 PM #1Deleted
High Court overturned legislation on gay marriage in the Australian Capital Territory
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2013-12-12, 05:44 PM #2Deleted
If it's inconsistent with federal laws then it was the right thing to do.
Back to the drawing board.
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2013-12-12, 05:51 PM #3Titan
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Post 7 is my bet.
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
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2013-12-12, 05:51 PM #4Deleted
The federal law is specified in 2004 that marriage was between a man and a woman.
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2013-12-12, 06:25 PM #5The Lightbringer
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If legal same-sex marriage is in contravention of federal laws, THEN THOSE LAWS ARE WRONG. End of discussion.
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2013-12-12, 06:28 PM #6Void Lord
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Sucks for those that had their marriage invalidated. Especially if they had legal benefits and such.
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2013-12-12, 06:28 PM #7The Unstoppable Force
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Am I post 7? Originally Posted by Dezerte
MMO-Champ the place where calling out trolls get you into more trouble than trolling.
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2013-12-12, 06:29 PM #8Titan
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You ruined it now. Originally Posted by Baar
"In order to maintain a tolerant society, the society must be intolerant of intolerance." Paradox of tolerance
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2013-12-12, 06:31 PM #9Deleted
Wow, despite their reputation for being a friendly people Australia sure is pretty racist and bigoted. Also backwards.
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2013-12-12, 06:34 PM #10Mechagnome
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Australia has been bigoted and backwards in their laws for a while.. I honestly am not surprised at this. I am however saddened
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quoted because.. says pretty much the same thing I said and said while I was typing.. JINX! Originally Posted by Kaiawase
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2013-12-12, 08:05 PM #11Blademaster
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Please don't lump the Australian people in with our politicians. A large and growing percentage of the population supports gay marriage. The problem is the current Prime Minister wouldn't allow his party members a conscience vote on the matter when it was brought up by the previous government. If he had its very possible that gay marriage would now be legal throughout the country. What makes it worse is his own sister is a lesbian and wants to get married to her partner, so you can't say its an issue he knows nothing about.
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