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Same Sex Marriages in Australia Assignment

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Same Sex Marriages in Australia Assignment

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Running Head: SAME SEX MARRIAGES IN AUSTRALIASame sex marriages in AustraliaName of StudentName of University
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SAME SEX MARRIAGES IN AUSTRALIA2Homosexuality refers to a romantic or sexual relationship or attraction between persons of same sex. It is a category of sexual orientation which means a continuing behavior of attraction of sexual or romantic nature towards a certain gender. Sexual orientation is broadly categorized into heterosexuals (persons attracted to persons of opposite gender), homosexuals (persons attracted to persons of same gender) and bisexuals (persons attracted to both the genderssimultaneously). Homosexuals include gays (men attracted to men) and lesbians (women attracted to women). These forms of orientation and relationships were not recognized in ancient times and are still not given recognition in many countries till date. Same sex marriages have been recently given legal recognition in many countries like Argentina, France, United States, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand and most recently in Uruguay in 2017. It is still not recognized in Australia but a huge support is given to such marriages.According to the federal law of Australia each state and territory is empowered to make laws regarding same sex relationships still their relationship is considered as de-facto relationship. The marriage law of Australia expressly excludes to give recognition to any form ofunion other than that of a man and a woman (Marriage Act 1961 (Cth) s 46). Till date almost twenty two Bills related to same sex marriages have been presented before the Parliament of Australia but not a single Bill out of them has been passed (McKeown 2017). The Australian Capital Territory gave recognition to same sex marriages by passing a Marriage Equality (Same Sex) Act, 2013 in December 2013 which was later struck down by the High Court for the reason that it was in contravention of section 46(1) of the Marriage Act 1961 (Cth).
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SAME SEX MARRIAGES IN AUSTRALIA3According to a survey conducted by Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey (HILDA) for evaluating the support of different groups of persons of Australiansociety for same sex marriages (Smyth 2017) it has been observed that the rate of support for same sex couples to have equal rights with heterosexual couples has considerably increased since2005 and also the percentage of people who agree that equal rights with heterosexual couples shall be given to the same sex couples has also increased to a great extent. The category of people who are in support of the equal rights of same sex couples includes women, homosexuals,young people, non- religious people, persons of high- income group and persons living in major cities (Perales & Campbell, 2017).A recent voting has been conducted in Australia as an initiative of the coalition government of Malcom Turnbull to know the view of general public regarding the validation of same sex marriages in Australia as the issue of same sex marriage was the major topic of discussion during 2016 elections (Westcott 2017). According to a report of news.com there is a need for change in Marriage laws of Australia to legalize the same sex marriages. The legalization of homosexual marriages will not interfere with the rights of religious marriages which are different from legal marriages whereby the religious leaders will still hold the right to refuse to marry homosexual couples. The homosexual marriages are not connected to religious rites rather it is a custom which is as old as the tribal groups of Britain. A number of religious institutions are concerned that if homosexual marriages are given recognition they will be compelled to perform against their religious beliefs but these institutions are given privilege to discriminate persons on the grounds of gender, LGBT
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