Recently, the Australian Labour Party and the Democratic Party have been quarrelling with each other over the issue of gay marriage. To gain more public support, Australian Prime Minister Tam Po has just officially announced that a referendum on gay marriage law will be launched!
The federal government has introduced two new plans:
Plan 1: the government will spend A $112 million to complete a referendum on November 25, 2017.
Plan two: from Sept. 12, voters in Australia will be mailed.
The deadline for voting is initially set at 7 November.
The vote count will be released on Nov. 15.
In his speech, Tan gave the following assurances to the Australian people:
The federal Senate will review proposals for a referendum on legalization of gay marriage this week, according to reports.
Just two days before Australia`s prime minister announced the policy, hundreds of people protested in Sydney and Melbourne.
People hold high the sign of "LOVE IS ABOUT HEART", think Thabo`s policy is "joke".
In fact, everyone`s dissatisfaction is also justifiable, because Tan Po before last year`s federal election promised that if the general election win, Australia`s legal gay marriage referendum will be held at the end of 2016!
On November 8th last year, however, the Australian government rejected the resolution, which was scheduled to go into effect in February, "self-defeating and self-defeating". .
Mr Tan`s "backlash" has made voters feel that his policies are designed to preserve his prime minister`s seat. If he were elected again, the promises and promises would be lost again.
Bill history
In fact, Australia`s proposed policy on legalization of gay marriage has really been some years ago. .
In former Prime Minister John. Howard`s administration (1996-2007) did not show support for gay marriage.
Under the Labour Party (2007 / 13), opposition to the legality of gay marriage has always been the same.
Until October 22, 2013, the Parliament of Canberra, Australia`s capital, passed the Marriage Equality Act, legalizing gay marriage in its region and becoming Australia`s first region to recognize same-sex marriage.
Tony Abbott, then in office, said he would seek legal power to repeal the gay marriage bill.
On December 12, 2013, Australia`s High Court ruled that same-sex marriage should be left to Congress and that local governments had no right to overturn the Australian Capital District Marriage Equality Act and annul 27 married same-sex couples. .
(celebrations outside Canberra when the gay marriage bill was passed)
Support rate of the people
Attitudes to same-sex marriage have been changing in Australia. And today most people support legalizing same-sex marriage.
According to reliable data, in 2005, only 43 percent of women and 32 percent of men out of 17000 respondents supported legalizing gay marriage.
According to a Galaxy poll released late last month, 60 percent of Western Australians said they would support gay marriage, with only 32 percent opposed and 9 percent hesitant.
Homosexuality ≠ crime
Back a long time ago, the Australian government treated homosexuality as a crime, as in many other countries.
Previously, gay men were sentenced to 14 years in prison and flogging in Western Australia. Tasmania would be sentenced to 21 years in prison.
These harsh penalties were only abolished in 1972! However, homosexuality, although gradually "decriminalized", has been controlled for a long time by the Age limitation Act.
In New South Wales, for example, the age of marriage is 16, while homosexuals are 18. These bills were not repealed until 2003! Homosexuals seem to have been defined by the government as "heterosexual", using different laws and regulations.
Now, with the exception of Queensland and Tasmania, the Age limitation Act has been repealed everywhere in Australia.
It is not clear whether Mr Tan`s "referendum" bill will actually be implemented or whether the legalization of gay marriage will be a long way from political pressure. .
