MARRIAGE ACTIVISTS TO HOLD WEDDING REHEARSAL THREE DAYS BEFORE MASS ILLEGAL VOWS IN MELBOURNE

Photo: Alison Bennett

1pm,
 Wed
10 
Aug ,
corner 
of 
Bourke 
and 
Elizabeth
 Sts,
marching
 to 
registry

Equal
 Love 
will 
hold 
a 
mock 
wedding 
rehearsal 
on Wednesday 
in 
the Melbourne 
CBD 
to 
prepare 
for
 the r
major
 rally
 on
 the 
weekend.
The 
rehearsal
 aims 
to
 draw
 attention
 to
 ongoing
 discrimination
against
 same
-sex
 couples
 and 
to 
add
 to
 the
growing
 pressure
 the 
ALP 
is 
under
 to 
change
 their 
policy
 on
 marriage
rights.

Convenor
Ali
Hogg:

“This 
August
 marks
 seven 
years 
that
LGBTI
 people
 have 
been 
suffering 
under
this
 discriminatory 
ban.
 Our
 mass illegal 
wedding, and
 the 
rehearsal,
 is
 about
showing
 the
 government 
that 
we will 
not
 be 
silenced,
 and that
 love 
cannot 
be 
outlawed.
 With
 polls
 showing 
that
 over 
65 
per
cent
 of 
the 
public are 
behind
 us,
 we 
are
 confident 
there 
will 
be 
no 
objections
 to 
the 
nuptials.” Participants
 will
 march
 from 
the
 CBD 
to
the
 registry
 office 
in 
full
 wedding 
dress.

For
more
information,
contact:

Louise
O’Shea
0420819419

Anthony
Wallace
041487739