Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 [2017] AUSStaCSBSD 403 (29 November 2017)

• Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017

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Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017

Purpose	This bill seeks to amend the Marriage Act 1961 to: • amend the definition of marriage to allow two people to marry, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status; • recognise foreign same-sex marriages in Australia; • create a new category of 'religious marriage celebrant' for current civil celebrants who wish to be identified as such; and • allow ministers of religion, religious marriage celebrants, chaplains and bodies established for religious purposes to refuse to solemnise or provide facilities, goods and services for marriage on religious grounds
Sponsor	Senator Dean Smith
Introduced	Senate on 15 November 2017

The committee has no comment on this bill.