Australian Government Lawmaker Introduces Gay Marriage Bill

[TexasTowelie]

Source: AP

A maverick lawmaker broke from conservative government ranks on Monday to introduce legislation that would legalize gay marriage in Australia as a new opinion poll confirmed that most Australians support such a reform.

Warren Entsch, a 65-year-old former crocodile farmer who has been dubbed a progressive redneck in the media, introduced a private member's bill that would allow same-sex marriage throughout Australia.

Entsch has conceded that his bill has little chance of reaching a vote because the ruling coalition decided last week that government lawmakers should be bound by the party line opposing gay marriage.

"I certainly wouldn't have been introducing it if I didn't hope that I could have a vote on it," Entsch told reporters.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/australian-government-lawmaker-introduces-gay-marriage-bill-33124676

[jtuck004]

1. Wouldn't that be crocodile rancher, pardner? n/t

[trillion]

2. Good. Sadly, Austrailia has a seriously backwards right wing Prime Minister, Tony Abbott

Who acts like he came from the US Tea Party. Still, trying to get the legislation introduced is good.

[TexasTowelie]

4. That reminds me that I need to reinstall the Stop Tony Meow app on Firefox

since I prefer to see a picture of cute kitty instead of Tony Abbott. The bonus is that the app also works on photos of Gov. Greg Abbott.

[MADem]

3. I don't know why I thought Australia was already an equality nation.... disappointing. nt

[djean111]

5. New Zealand is, and when the bill was passed, or however things work there,

this wonderful thing happened:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013/apr/18/new-zealand-parliament-song-gay-marriage-video

[MADem]

6. That was cool! nt