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The High Court heard the ACT same-sex marriage case on Tuesday, December 3rd, reserving its decision until December 12. ACL’s Research Officer Daniel Simon attended the hearing and reports on the arguments presented. The Commonwealth argued that the ACT’s same-sex marriage law, passed in October and taking effect on December 7, is invalid because it is inconsistent with the Commonwealth Marriage Act 1961. Under the Australian Constitution, the federal government has the power to legislate for marriage. The Constitution also says that any state or territory law inconsistent with a federal law is invalid. In its arguments, the Commonwealth, represented by Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson SC, made two main points: the uniformity of marriage law in Australia, and the intention to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. One law for Australia Firstly, marriage is a federal power because this allows for one uniform law throughout the country. Prior to 1900, the separate colonies h

More than a dozen homosexual couples legally marries in Australia under faulty ACT legislation. Western Australian Upper House MP Stephen Dawson was the first to marry with a midnight ceremony on the lawns of Federal Parliament . He says he has wanted to call his partner Dennis Liddelow his husband for a long time.  By having a ceremony in front of Parliament at midnight clearly portrays how homosexuals are going to treat marriage as a political tool or a symbol to achieve their ends namely the full legalization of homosexuality.  ACT Chief Minister Katy Gallagher who put forward this faulty legislation, saying she is encouraged by the number of people willing to get married while the law stands. The law puts people from different states at odds with state law, on a range oflegal issues but for homosexual zealots this is the exact reason why they do it, because they disregard the law and want to push their agenda.  Ms Gallagher says: "In terms of where we go from here

The Commonwealth of Australia v The Australian Capital Territory [2013] HCATrans 299 (3 December 2013) Last Updated: 3 December 2013 [2013] HCATrans 299 IN THE HIGH COURT OF AUSTRALIA Office of the Registry Canberra No C13 of 2013 B e t w e e n  - THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Plaintiff and THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY Defendant FRENCH CJ HAYNE J CRENNAN J KIEFEL J BELL J KEANE J TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS AT CANBERRA ON TUESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2013, AT 10.15 AM Copyright in the High Court of Australia MR J.T. GLEESON, SC , Solicitor-General of the Commonwealth :  May it please the Court, I appear with  MR M.P. KEARNEY, SC ,  MR C.L. LENEHAN  and  MR G.A. HILL , for the Commonwealth as plaintiff. (instructed by Australian Government Solicitor ) MR P.J.F. GARRISSON, SC , Solicitor-General of the Australian Capital Territory) :  May it please the Court, I appear for the defendant with my learned friends,  MS K.L. EASTMAN, SC  and  MS H. YOUNAN . (