The 37-year-old lawmaker while giving a speech during Parliament's debate on same-sex marriage proposed to his gay partner. The parliament was debating on a bill that will legalise same-sex marriage across country. In fact, Wilson's proposal made history as he was the first member of the Australian parliament to propose in the chamber. pic.twitter.com/NLGLxpYIrm - Australian House of Representatives (@AboutTheHouse) December 4, 2017A nonbinding postal survey found that 62 percent of Australian respondents wanted gay marriage to be legal. Since then, the House of Representatives is giving priority to lifting the ban on same-sex marriage in Australia.

Source: India Today December 05, 2017 06:11 UTC