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First Same Sex Marriage in a UK Consulate

timthumb.php-002The first same sex marriage to take place in a UK consulate has occurred in Sydney.

Peter Fraser and Gordon Stevenson, are Australians with dual citizenship who have been together for 19 years.

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Australian Marriage Equality national director, Rodney Croome, said,

“It is a hopeful sign that the Australian Government has allowed Australians to marry in UK consulates.”

“The majority of Australians who support marriage equality will be asking, if this can happen in a UK consulate then why not everywhere else in Australia?”

“The next step for marriage equality is for the Coalition to allow a free vote on the issue.”

“Today’s ceremony is a reminder to Coalition MPs that the issue is not going away and the sky doesn’t fall in when same-sex couples marry.”

Speaking to the Star Observer after the ceremony Gordon Stevenson asked Prime Minister Tony Abbott to reconsider his position on marriage equality.

“I would ask Mr Abbott to reflect back to the day he and his wife were married and the joy they experienced and ask would he not want that for everyone?” Stevenson said.

Take a look at the photos from Peter and Gordon’s ceremony at samelove.com.au

image: Frank Farrugia – Same Love

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