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Friday 25 October 2013 | Issue 1198 | starobserver.
com.
au
The
Rainbow
Territory• Same-sex marriage legalised in the ACT •
National
Alex McKinnon
Same-sex marriage is now legal in the nation’s capital
after the ACT Parliament passed the Marriage Equality
Same-Sex Bill 2013 just before midday onTuesday.
Thebill,whichallowsformarriagesbetweenpeopleof
the same sex, passed the territory’s Legislative Assembly
by eight votes to seven.
Speaking on the Assembly floor,
ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher said the bill marked
“animportantdayinthehistoryoftheassemblyandthe
history of the ACT”.
“There is no longer any excuse, if there ever was,
to discriminate against same-sex people in our
community.
They are our brothers, our sisters, our
coworkers, our mentors, but most importantly they are
our equals,” Gallagher said.
An emotional Deputy Chief Minister Andrew
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