Same-sex marriage officially signed into law in Australia
Same-sex marriage has been officially signed into law in Australia, a day after MPs overwhelmingly approved a historic bill. Australia's Governor-General Peter Cosgrove signed off on the law on Friday - a formality required to enact the legislation. The vote on Thursday set off rarely matched celebrations in parliament, including cheers, hugs and a song. Supporters celebrated across Australia, many donning rainbow colours.
"So it is all done. It is part of the law of the land," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said after a brief ceremony on Friday.
He said the law would take effect immediately after midnight.The first marriage ceremonies will happen from 9 January, given couples must give a month's notice of their intention to wed.
MP Tim Wilson proposed to his gay partner from the floor of Parliament during the debate.
Meanwhile: Austria to allow same-sex marriage with couples able to legally marry from 2019 at latest
Austria's top court has ruled that same-sex couples can marry from 2019 at the latest, bringing the often conservative Alpine country into line with more than a dozen other European nations. Gay marriage is now recognised in more than 20 countries, of which 16 are in Europe. "The Constitutional Court nullified with a decision on December 4, 2017 the legal regulation that until now prevented such couples from marrying," a statement released on Tuesday said. It said however that the current rules would remain in place until December 31, 2018 unless Austria's parliament changes the law before then.
Previously: Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Same-Sex Marriage
Taiwanese Court Invalidates Ban on Same-Sex Marriage
Australians Approve of Same-Sex Marriage in Non-Binding Vote
(Score: -1, Troll) by Goddess Savitri Devi on Sunday December 10 2017, @03:16AM (4 children)
I would never lie with a woman! That's almost as big an abomination as if I lay with a man from an inferior species, like those mongrel Mexicans or filthy, flthy jews!
Shiva shall rain death upon non-Aryan scum
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Sunday December 10 2017, @05:23AM (1 child)
You dine well in Camelot
You ride the city tram a lot
You have to push the pram a lot
Your shit gets modded Spam a lot
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 1, Troll) by The Mighty Buzzard on Sunday December 10 2017, @03:05PM
Stupid, Offtopic flamewars aren't Spam or you and I would have permanent negative karma. Corrected without prejudice because it's remotely possible you didn't know better.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 2) by chromas on Sunday December 10 2017, @11:11PM (1 child)
That's not true. And if you're a Christian, you should note there's nothing about lesbians being an abomination; only gay dudes. Lesbians are as natural as the sun. I don't even know what that means.
(Score: 1) by Goddess Savitri Devi on Monday December 11 2017, @01:56AM
An (Aryan) woman's role is to produce children for the greater good of the Reich.
I am not a believer in the abomination that is Christianity. If the namesake of that that bundle of garbage even existed, he was a filthy jew who died 30 years too late. Even so, the jew document you call "the bible" rightly says [biblescripture.net] :
The true faith [wikipedia.org] , tells us [wikipedia.org] that it is wrong for a woman to lie with a woman, or for a man to lie with a man.
If you are an Aryan, break free of the dogmas instilled by the inferior races, and rise up to claim the world with your brethren. If you are not, you will die like the mongrel scum you are.
Shiva shall rain death upon non-Aryan scum