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Australia approves same- sex marriage
Australia became the 26th nation to legalise same-sex marriage on Thursday, prompting cheers and singing from a packed parliament public gallery in a country where some states ruled homosexual acts to be illegal until just 20 years ago. “What a day. What a day for love, for equality, for respect,” said the PM Malcolm Turnbull. Only five of the 150 MPs voted against the bill.
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