Results announced for the postal vote on same-sex marriage November 15, 2017 Photo: A person draped in a rainbow flag holds up a sign that says "Australia said yes to equality" in front of

Attorney-General George Brandis has said that same-sex marriages will be permitted from January 9, taking into account the one-month notice period required under the Marriage Act.

Obergefell originated with a gay couple, Jim Obergefell and John Arthur, who were married in Maryland, where same-sex marriage was legal, but whose marriage was not recognized by Ohio authorities.

SAME-SEX marriage is officially legal in Australia after the Governor-General signed off on the historic laws today. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull visited Sir Peter Cosgrove in Canberra for the signing of the bill this morning — the last step to change Australia’s laws.

Since 9 December 2017, same-sex marriages that took place overseas are generally recognised in Australia. If we recognise your marriage, you can’t get married again in Australia. But you may choose to hold another type of ceremony, such as: confirmation of vows; recommitment ceremony; Family law and same-sex divorce in Australia and overseas. From 9 December 2017, same-sex married couples are …

Same-sex marriage will become legal in Australia after passing its final hurdle in parliament today. The House of Representatives passed the marriage equality bill by a clear majority this evening, to emotional cheers and tears from both politicians and spectators in the public gallery.

Same-sex marriage has been on the political agenda in Australia for several years, as part of the broader debate about the legal recognition of same-sex relationships. The expansion of legal rights and protections afforded to same-sex couples in Australia is well developed at both federal and state level.

Same sex marriage becomes law representatives who don’t wish to conduct marriages of same sex couples from who change their legal gender to remain in their marriages,

Same-sex marriage - Of all the forms by which same-sex relationships may be legally recognised, marriage is by far the most contentious. Worldwide, same-sex marriage is currently legal in Argentina, Belgium, Canada, Iceland, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, South Africa, Spain and Sweden.