Mon, 2016-11-07
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Dan and Miki run a farm together in New South Wales and have joined their country’s fight for marriage equality.
In a video shared by Australian Marriage Equality, Dan explains: “When I first met Miki it was more or less instant, there was definitely an instant attraction, and it got pretty serious quick for me.
Even though they’ve been together for six years, Dan and Miki want the right to tie the knot just like any other couple. “People generally don’t bat an eyelid when Miki and I are living and working amongst other farmers,” explains Dan. “We’re just Dan and Miki and these are our cattle.”
“Commitment is there,” Dan continues.
Miki adds: “We don’t want anything more than anyone else, we just want the same. We have now found our voice, and we’re not going anywhere.”
Same-sex marriage is currently illegal in Australia, and plans to hold a public vote on the issue – which campaigners said would give bigots a platform to voice their hatred – were scrapped earlier this week.
LGBT activists now hope that marriage equality legislation can be passed in parliament and not through public debate.
“Commitment that you’re willing to work together to get through whatever it is that you’re going through,” says Miki.
“And getting married would be a way of demonstrating that,” says Dan. “Marriage equality would make a change in Australia, in that LGBTIQ people would feel that their love is as important as anyone else’s.”
In a video shared by Australian Marriage Equality, Dan explains: “When I first met Miki it was more or less instant, there was definitely an instant attraction, and it got pretty serious quick for me.
Even though they’ve been together for six years, Dan and Miki want the right to tie the knot just like any other couple. “People generally don’t bat an eyelid when Miki and I are living and working amongst other farmers,” explains Dan. “We’re just Dan and Miki and these are our cattle.”
“Commitment is there,” Dan continues.
Miki adds: “We don’t want anything more than anyone else, we just want the same. We have now found our voice, and we’re not going anywhere.”
Same-sex marriage is currently illegal in Australia, and plans to hold a public vote on the issue – which campaigners said would give bigots a platform to voice their hatred – were scrapped earlier this week.
LGBT activists now hope that marriage equality legislation can be passed in parliament and not through public debate.
“Commitment that you’re willing to work together to get through whatever it is that you’re going through,” says Miki.
“And getting married would be a way of demonstrating that,” says Dan. “Marriage equality would make a change in Australia, in that LGBTIQ people would feel that their love is as important as anyone else’s.”
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