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Lawmaker uses same-sex marriage speech to pop the question
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| News Date | Monday, December 4, 2017 12:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | An Australian lawmaker giving a speech on same-sex marriage proposed to his gay partner Monday during Parliament's debate on a bill that is expected to soon legalize marriage equality across the country.
Tim Wilson, a 37-year-old lawmaker in the conservative coalition government, was among the first lawmakers to join the House of Representatives debate and toward the end of his speech popped the question to his partner of seven years Ryan Bolger, who was watching from the public gallery.
"There's only one thing left to do: Ryan Patrick Bolger, will you marry me?" Wilson added to applause.
The 33-year-old primary school teacher responded "yes," which was recorded in the official parliamentary record. |
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