(Australian) Same-sex marriage laws overturned by High Court

[Newsjock]

Source: Canberra Times

December 12, 2013 - 12:21PM

The High Court has overturned Australia’s first same-sex marriage law, according to a summary published on the High Court website.

The court was due to hand down its findings in the landmark case at 12.15pm, however, a statement announcing the decision was accidentally published on the court's website about 20 minutes before the six judges handed down their findings.

The judges found the ACT laws could not operate alongside federal laws as only the federal parliament had the power under the constitution to legislate on same sex marriage.

... Dozens of couples who married in a five day window before Thursday’s ruling have now had their marriages declared invalid.

Read more: http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/samesex-marriage-laws-overturned-by-high-court-20131212-2z884.html

[shenmue]

1. Boo!

That stinks. Phooey on them. Phooey!

[Cha]

2. That's a shame..:(

[Jack Rabbit]

3. I don't know how Australian constitutional law works, so I'll reserve judgment

If this were a 5-4 ruling form SCOTUS, we would have to await the replacing of Robets, Scalia, Thomas and Alito with honest justices.

Otherwise, I quote the great French jurist, Emile Zola: The law is an ass.

[uriel1972]

6. The ACT is not a state and neither is the Northern Territory. Soooo...

There are a number of differences to state versus federal law. Not being a lawyer I can't really talk much about it, other than to say it really must suck from a personal perspective to have your marriage annulled by the courts.

[blkmusclmachine]

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