AUSTRALIA: Premier Of New South Wales State Backs Same-Sex Marriage

"As a Liberal who believes that commitment and family units are one of the best ways in which society is organized, I support the concept of same-sex marriage. It was New Zealand that in 1893 first gave votes to women; it took us another nine years to do it. It shouldn't have to take us another nine years to get the lead of our cousin across the ditch. - Barry O'Farrell, premier of the Australian state of New South Wales, whose capital city is Sydney.