LOVE
Same - sex marriage
Same - sex relationship
Gay
Lesbian
Same - sex marriage is also known as gay marriage
The marriage of two people of the same sex or gender
Same - sex adoption
Assumptions
Arguments about gay rights and marriage
Appeals to tradition
Capable of forming significant relationships or marriages, and families
Not a choice, but a growing realisation and awareness of sexual identity which every individual experiences as she or he matures over time.
Marriage is the legal/ formal commitment between two individuals as partners in a personal relationship
A child with 2 mums or 2 dads (opinions)
Many of the worlds religions are opposed to same - sex marriage
Same - sex marriage is the same as straight marriages
Netherlands was the first country to legalise same - sex marriage
Alaska and Hawaii were the first states to legally ban same-sex marriage in 1998.
In some countries gay people can be punished with the death penalty
Same - sex divorce
The rules surrounding property settlement and the division of assets is the same for same sex and opposite sex couples.
3,149 same-sex marriages were recorded in the first six months following the Marriage Act 1961's amendment legalising gay marriage in 2017.
The process of divorce in Australia is the same for all couples, regardless of sexuality or gender.
The incidence of same-sex divorces has skyrocketed by 867% from the first year of legalisation, proving that gay love is not all it's cracked up to be, four years after same-sex marriage became legal in Australia.
Only 40 divorces were allowed in the first 12 months following the legalisation of gay marriage in Australia in 2017, but that number has increased considerably to 387 in the financial year 2021–2022.
The first same-sex wedding under Australian law was held on 15 December 2017.
The Family Law Act of 1975 only specifies that an adoptive parent is regarded as a parent for the purposes of the Act; it makes no other definitions of parents. The legal rights of families may vary by state and region and rely on how the family was formed, which only serves to muddle matters further.
There were more female same-sex couples marrying, representing 56.3 per cent (1,773) of the total registrations by 30 June 2018 compared to 43.7 per cent (1,376) for male same-sex couples.