Stephanie Anderson | News | December 21, 2015
The Liberal Party’s first openly gay federal parliamentarian has questioned the precedent a plebiscite on same-sex marriage could set.
Senator Dean Smith, a vocal same-sex marriage supporter, said a public vote on legalising marriage for same-sex couples may open the door to votes on issues such as military deployment or euthanasia.
Writing today for Fairfax Media, Senator Smith said such issues were informed by people’s moral views and had just as much impact upon people’s personal lives as same-sex marriage.
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