Labor women
back marriage
equality
The 2011 National Labor Women’s
Conference has passed a resolution
insupportofmarriageequality.
“That this National Labor
Women’s Conference calls upon
the Australian Labor Party, through
both the National Conference and...
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Labor women
back marriage
equality
The 2011 National Labor Women’s
Conference has passed a resolution
insupportofmarriageequality.
“That this National Labor
Women’s Conference calls upon
the Australian Labor Party, through
both the National Conference and
Federal Labor Party, to continue
its commitment to the principles
expressedinss.
137–141ofChapter
7 of the 2009 National Platform
by amending both the National
PlatformandtheMarriageAct(Cth)
1961toallowforequalaccesstocivil
marriages, regardless of the gender
ofeitherpartner,”themotionread.
Australian Marriage Equality
(AME) national convenor Alex
Greenwich welcomed the
resolution.
“Marriage equality is about
choice,fairness,andequality.
These
are all values Labor women have
advocated for decades,” Greenwich
said.
“This resolution will not only
add volume to the call for marriage
equality at the ALP National
Conference,itwillreminddelegates
that this issue goes to the heart of
Laborvalues.
”
The resolution, which was
passed at the
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