Will amendments to the Marriage Act be needed to head off judicial attempts to dilute the meaning of marriage? Richard Egan examines the issue.The fundamental definition in Australian law of marriage as “the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life” is under attack from a number of directions.Earlier this year, the Australian Democrats moved an amendment to the Marriage Act to change this definition to allow marriage between two men or between …
