Gay marriage debate not over for Liberals
Gay marriage debate not over for Liberals
- The far north Queensland MP is the government’s most outspoken supporter of gay marriage and would prefer a free vote in parliament.
- The far north Queensland MP is the government’s most outspoken supporter of gay marriage and would prefer a free vote in parliament.
“We have been
working on this for a while now. I would hope and expect that it’s
going to come to some discussion very shortly,” he said. “The argument
I’ll put up is I don’t want to change their (his colleagues’) views. I
hope over time they realise that they don’t reflect reality.
“All
I want to do is to have the opportunity of putting my vote. If they
want to say ‘no’ that’s fine (but) we’re getting close to a point where
we’re ready for it.”
The parliamentary
friendship group for LGBTIQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
intersex or queer) Australians, of which Mr Entsch is a co-chair,
yesterday joined with the Equality Campaign to launch brochures in eight
non-English languages to help ethnic communities “engage in positive
and respectful conversations about marriage equality”.