Australia Court hears legal challenge against Australia’s equal marriage vote

Sep 5, 2017 by

By Nick Duffy, Pink News:

A legal challenge against Australia’s planned public vote on equal marriage will begin today.

Later this month Australians will be asked to vote on whether same-sex couples deserve the right to marriage, in a controversial public vote pushed forward by right-wing Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

The postal vote, which is informal and not regulated by any law, is going ahead without permission from Parliament under Mr Turnbull’s orders, under the jurisdiction of the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Today the country’s High Court will begin hearing a two-day challenge from LGBT activists who insist that Mr Turnbull is overreaching his authority.

The Public Interest Advocacy Centre (PIAC) is representing Andrew Wilkie, Member for Denison, PFLAG (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) and Felicity Marlowe, a mother in a same-sex relationship with three young children.

They are seeking an injunction to stop the vote from going ahead, which could stop Mr Turnbull’s plan in its tracks.

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