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Homosexual couples who rashly went ahead and wed last weekend in the ACT, and sought to influence both public opinion and the High Court will have their marriages annulled after the High Court ruled against the laws . Today the High Court in Canberra unanimously ruled that the laws were inconsistent with the Federal Marriage Act, and were therefore unconstitutional. The ruling is a victory for the Commonwealth , for the majority of ordinary thinking Australians who believe marriage is between a man and a woman, for Churches, for all religious organizations, for all church schools, church hospitals and other religious non-profit organizations and just ordinary people. The ACT tried to argue that its laws could sit beside the federal legislation because it had defined a different type of marriage between same-sex couples . However, the unintended consequences of this proposal was obvious but homosexual politicians who are zealots could not see they were setting up more problems...

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 colo...