Posted on 08/11/2015 2:00:27 PM PDT by naturalman1975
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed coalition MPs will not have a free vote on same-sex marriage, destroying any chance of the law being passed under this Parliament.
He said roughly 60 MPs supported the existing position, while 30 called for a conscience vote after a marathon six-hour party room meeting.
'There was strong support for the existing position... that marriage is between a man and a woman,' Mr Abbott told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday night.
Following the party room meeting, Mr Abbott conducted a press conference and said that of the 30 who said there should be a free vote, more than half a dozen claimed they would still support the existing position.
'There was the strong view in the party room that if we were to drop the policy to the extent of having a free vote a lot of the people who voted for us were going to feel dudded,' Mr Abbott said.
'I've got to say that just at this moment in particular the last thing you should do is dud the people that voted for you.'
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Yep!!! Perhaps we can have one...some day...
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