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Australian Resolution for Gay Marriage Flags for Lack of A Quorum

 

From The Age in Australia:

A divisive debate that would have condemned [Prime Minister] Julia Gillard's stance on gay marriage was yesterday derailed at Labor's state conference due to a low turnout.

Only hours earlier the Prime Minister had urged the party faithful to unite and show courage in the fight for a carbon price.

In the first Victorian ALP conference since the federal and state elections, progressive forces within the party put up an urgency motion calling on same-sex marriage to be a part of federal Labor's national platform.

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