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Sydney09 - Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage(12 images)
  • To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 7/31/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • Rev. Karl Hand (right, with red hair) of the Crave Metropolitan Community Church presided over the mass 'wedding.' To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • Lauren Blackburn, Loren Cowley, and Michelle Ricketts attracted attention from a huge crowd of media with what appeared to be a polyamorous lesbian wedding. The trio later admitted they weren't in a relationship (only one identifies as lesbian) but came to show their support for the cause of same-sex marriage and equality. To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • Lauren Blackburn, Loren Cowley, and Michelle Ricketts attracted attention from a huge crowd of media with what appeared to be a polyamorous lesbian wedding. The trio later admitted they weren't in a relationship (only one identifies as lesbian) but came to show their support for the cause of same-sex marriage and equality. To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • Lauren Blackburn, Loren Cowley, and Michelle Ricketts attracted attention from a huge crowd of media with what appeared to be a polyamorous lesbian wedding. The trio later admitted they weren't in a relationship (only one identifies as lesbian) but came to show their support for the cause of same-sex marriage and equality. To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • Lauren Blackburn, Loren Cowley, and Michelle Ricketts attracted attention from a huge crowd of media with what appeared to be a polyamorous lesbian wedding. The trio later admitted they weren't in a relationship (only one identifies as lesbian) but came to show their support for the cause of same-sex marriage and equality. To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • Lauren Blackburn, Loren Cowley, and Michelle Ricketts attracted attention from a huge crowd of media with what appeared to be a polyamorous lesbian wedding. The trio later admitted they weren't in a relationship (only one identifies as lesbian) but came to show their support for the cause of same-sex marriage and equality. To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • After the wedding, two men dressed as the Catholic Pope and as a nun perfomed a duet of anti-Catholic Church songs protesting the Vatican's stance on homosexuality. To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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  • To protest the Australian government's same-sex marriage ban, Sydney's GLBT community staged what they claimed was the world's largest 'illegal' wedding in front of the convention center where the Australian Labor Party (which is currently in power in Australia) was holding its 45th Annual Convention on 8/1/09. The wedding was part of the National Day of Action for Same-Sex Marriage organized by Australia's Community Action Against Homophobia. By photographer Eric Schmiedl
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