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(Marriage Amendment Act 2004 (Cth), FEDERAL REGISTER OF LEGISLATION; Marriage Amendment Bill 2004, PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA (last visited Dec. 7, 2017); Kim Haines, Marriage Amendment Bill 2004 (Bills Digest No. 5 2003-04, July 20, 2004).) Marriage was defined as “the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily

SAME-SEX marriage is officially legal in Australia after the Governor-General signed off on the historic laws today. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull …

1961: Australia introduces its first Marriage Act, which does not include a formal definition of marriage. 2004: Marriage Act is amended to define marriage as a union of a man and a woman to the

Australia has officially become the 26th country to legalise same-sex marriage after the law was passed on Thursday with the overwhelming backing of the Federal Parliament.

(Marriage Amendment Act 2004 (Cth), FEDERAL REGISTER OF LEGISLATION; Marriage Amendment Bill 2004, PARLIAMENT OF AUSTRALIA (last visited Dec. 7, 2017); Kim Haines, Marriage Amendment Bill 2004 (Bills Digest No. 5 2003-04, July 20, 2004).) Marriage was defined as “the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily

There were in fact two Bills the first (the Marriage Legislation Amendment Bill 2004) contained amendments to define marriage and to preclude recognition of overseas same-sex marriages in Australia, but also included amendments to prevent same-sex couples adopting children from overseas.

In the landmark 2015 case Obergefell v. Hodges, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that all state bans on same-sex marriage were unconstitutional, making gay

An Act relating to Marriage. Part I — Preliminary. 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Marriage Act 1961.. 2 Commencement (1) Sections 1, 2 and 3, subsection 5(1), section 9, Parts III and VIII and section 120 shall come into operation on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.