Same Sex Marriage

Tasmanian citizens draw to the attention of the House the Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2012. The Bill: (1) has a very low priority for most Tasmanian citizens, who would prefer that the government focus its efforts on health, the economy, jobs and education; (2) will be challenged in the High Court, causing the government to be further distracted from its core concerns for years; and (3) deeply aggrieves many Tasmanians, both from faith and non-faith backgrounds, who consider marriage to be a vital and natural bedrock institution that should not be redefined. Your petitioners, therefore, request the House to reject the Bill.