{"id":5907,"date":"2011-09-20T05:27:44","date_gmt":"2011-09-20T05:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisroubis.com\/2011\/09\/tasmanian-lower-house-set-to-back-gay-marriage\/"},"modified":"2011-09-20T05:27:44","modified_gmt":"2011-09-20T05:27:44","slug":"tasmanian-lower-house-set-to-back-gay-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewworldorder.org\/tasmanian-lower-house-set-to-back-gay-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Tasmanian Lower House set to back gay marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>    <!--endnoindex--><\/p>\n<p class=\"published\">\n      Updated<br \/>\n    <span class=\"timestamp\"><br \/>\n      September 20, 2011 15:23:27<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n    <\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"\/news\/2011-09-20\/a-young-gay-couple-embraces\/2907864\"><br \/>\n  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jewworldorder.org\/wp-content\/plugins\/rss-poster\/cache\/724e2_77254-3x2-340x227.jpg\" alt=\"A young gay couple embraces\" width=\"340\" height=\"227\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/news\/2011-09-20\/a-young-gay-couple-embraces\/2907864\"><strong>Photo:<\/strong><br \/>\n       The Tasmanian Parliament is expected to be the first in Australia to vote in support of same sex marriage. <span class=\"source\"><\/p>\n<p>        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tasmania&#8217;s Lower House looks likely to become the first in Australia to vote in support of same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Labor has indicated it will support a motion from its state power-sharing partners the Greens, who have tried and failed to introduce state-based same-sex marriage legislation in the past. <\/p>\n<p>Greens leader Nick McKim last week announced the party would bring on a motion in Parliament this week expressing in-principle support for marriage equality and calling on the Federal Government to amend the Marriage Act. <\/p>\n<p>If he succeeds, Tasmania&#8217;s Lower House will become the first state Lower House in Australia to vote in support of same-sex marriage. <\/p>\n<p>The motion is expected to be debated by Parliament tomorrow, but is unlikely to have Liberal support and there will be no Liberal conscience vote.<\/p>\n<p>But the Greens&#8217; cause was helped when same-sex marriage was recently backed at the Tasmanian Labor Party&#8217;s state conference. <\/p>\n<p>Premier Lara Giddings says this is the position the Government will take to the Greens&#8217; motion.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Ms Giddings said Tasmanian Labor supported the principle of same-sex marriage on the basis that it provided equality. <\/p>\n<p>Like every other Labor branch in the country except for New South Wales, the Tasmanian ALP has supported same-sex marriage at its state conference. <\/p>\n<p>Labor&#8217;s support means the motion will be passed by the Parliament tomorrow, but the support will not be unanimous. <\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"\/news\/2011-09-20\/tasmanian-parliament-set-to-support-same-sex\/2908178\" class=\"inline-caption\"><strong>Audio:<\/strong><br \/>\n          Tasmanian parliament set to support same sex marriage<br \/>\n<span class=\"source\">(The World Today)<\/span><br \/>\n      <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Opposition Leader Jeremy Rockliff says the Liberals believe marriage is between a man and a woman. <\/p>\n<p>He describes Mr McKim&#8217;s motion as a backdown from the Greens leader&#8217;s attempts to legalise same-sex marriage in Tasmania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I find it extraordinary, firstly, that Mr McKim has backed down with respect to his legislation that he&#8217;s tabled and not willing to debate that legislation,&#8221; Mr Rockliff said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It seems to be a backdown now for a motion to be debated in the house tomorrow &#8230; which would appear to be a compromise between Labor and the Greens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But Mr McKim says his motion is not a compromise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we are doing is seeking to be part of a national campaign here in order that the best possible outcome can occur, and that best possible outcome is for this issue to be resolved at a national level,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If that doesn&#8217;t happen by the end of this year, then we will move ahead with our state-based same-sex marriage legislation in Tasmania and give the Parliament of Tasmania the opportunity to take a national lead.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Giddings has said it was clear from constitutional advice that any lasting changes to the Marriage Act would have to occur at a national level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"topics\">\n\t<strong>Topics:<\/strong><br \/>\n\tmarriage,<br \/>\n\tgays-and-lesbians,<br \/>\n\tstates-and-territories,<br \/>\n\tstate-parliament,<br \/>\n\ttas\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"published\">\n    First posted<br \/>\n    <span class=\"timestamp\"><br \/>\n      September 20, 2011 08:10:34<br \/>\n    <\/span>\n  <\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"\/news\/tas\/\" class=\"button\"><br \/>\n<span><strong><br \/>\n  More<br \/>\n<\/strong> stories from Tasmania<\/span><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>    <!--noindex--><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Views: 0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Updated September 20, 2011 15:23:27 Photo: The Tasmanian Parliament is expected to be the first in Australia to vote in support of same sex marriage. Tasmania&#8217;s Lower House looks likely to become the first in Australia to vote in support of same-sex marriage. 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