CANBERRA, Australia – A state lawmaker and his partner dressed in matching suits and ties embraced and kissed in front of Australia’s Parliament House Dec. 7 in one of the nation’s first same-sex marriages.
Stephen Dawson, a 38-year-old member of the opposition Labor Party in the Western Australian Parliament, and partner Dennis Liddelow, 39, flew 2,200 miles across Australia to be among the first gay couples to marry in ceremonies in the national capital Canberra on Saturday — the earliest opportunity under the provincial government’s landmark gay marriage laws.
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