First off, the march – hundreds marched through the streets of Sydney for marriage equality. Gay Star News reports:
Around 500 people participated in rallies and a march for marriage equality today in Sydney. The marchers assembled next to Sydney’s town hall and then marched through the city past Hyde Park and up Oxford Street to assemble at Taylor Square where they used chalk to remark a ‘rainbow crossing’ which had been controversially removed by the New South Wales state government. The marchers were accompanied by a police escort who allowed them to chalk the road.
On the same day. Another MP said he would vote for the marriage equality bill:
The march came on the same day that Melbourne Ports Labor MP Michael Danby announced he would vote in favour of marriage equality if given the opportunity again. Danby had previously said that while he supported the idea of marriage equality in principle he wouldn’t vote in favour of the reform until the opposition Liberal-National Coalition follows his party and allows a conscience vote on the issue. As a result, Danby abstained from voting for a bill to legalize same-sex marriage which failed in the Australian Parliament last year.
Will there be another vote on marriage equality next month? And will the Liberals get a free vote?
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