Tasmania tells Australia Homosexual marriage is needed?
The Prime Minister is again under pressure on the issue of gay marriage as the Labor Premier of Tasmania , Lara Giddings , said she would face down any constitutional challenge of proposed legislation for same-sex marriage in her state. The proposed Tasmanian legislation is a departure from Ms Gillard 's vocal political and personal opposition to same-sex marriage and yesterday she made it clear she considered gay marriage to be a federal concern. ''The Marriage Act is a federal law and we do have a bill before the federal Parliament dealing with same-sex marriage,'' the Prime Minister told reporters in Cairns . ''I determined that this should be a conscience vote for the Labor Party and people will be free to determine how they vote.'' The Greens called upon Ms Gillard to rule out a constitutional challenge to the Tasmanian legislation but she did not. ''We don't have any details on [the Tasmanian gay marriage bill], so it's fa