新西兰很可能早于澳洲通过同性婚姻（你觉得哪个国家会最先通过？）

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Australian advocates say New Zealand is likely to achieve marriage equality before Australia now that conservative NZ Prime Minister, John Key, has joined his Labour counterpart, David Shearer, in declaring his full support for reform. (Details here)

澳洲同性婚姻活动家说，新西兰极有可能在澳洲之前通过同性婚姻。新西兰保守党总理John日前也表示支持同性婚姻，之前反对党共党党魁David早已经声明支持同性婚姻，也就是说新西兰两个主要党党魁都先后表明了支持同性婚姻的立场。

Australian Marriage Equality national convener, Alex Greenwich, said it is not too late for Australia to seize back the initiative but this will require the same kind of leadership from Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott that is being shown by their New Zealand counterparts.

澳洲婚姻平等权益运动倡导者 Alex 说，如果现在澳洲两大党派党魁声明支持同性婚姻还不太迟。

“Many Australians will be deeply disappointed if we fall behind New Zealand on this issue, not least those small businesses associated with the wedding industry that will lose out when gay Australians start flying across the Tasman to be married.”

很多中小生意主即将失去由同性婚姻所带来的潜在的商业机会，澳洲人也会对新西兰在同性婚姻合法化领先澳洲而感到无比失望。

“John Key and David Shearer are sending a message directly to Tony Abbott and Julia Gillard – ‘join us on the right side of history’.”

Meanwhile in the US, the Committee drafting the Democratic Party’s national platform ahead of the 2012 election has unanimously agreed to include marriage equality as a plank in that platform. (Details here).

美国民主党已经开始起草支持同性婚姻的方案。

“That US politicians are so keen to endorse marriage equality, despite the fact popular support for reform is lower in America than in Australia, speaks volumes about how out-of-touch Australia’s politicians continue to be” Mr Greenwich said.

尽管公众对于同性婚姻的支持率上来看，美国人对同性婚姻的支持率低于澳洲人，但是美国政治家们在争取同性婚姻合法化这件事上很热心。鉴于澳洲人对于同性婚姻有超过60%的公众支持率，而目前两个主要党派的党魁都反对同性婚姻，足以可见澳洲政客们在这件事上很比了解民情。

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我记得新西兰通过了吧，没有吗？

xblues

目前好多国家通过的都是同性伴侣关系，还不是同性婚姻。目前通过同性婚姻的国家全世界只有11个。同性婚姻是在法律上达到同性恋和异性恋平等的基础和标志。