The validity of a new law permitting same-sex marriage in the Australian Capital Territory has been challenged in the High Court by the Abbott Coalition government. The ACT Labor government on October 22 passed its controversial Marriage Equality Same-Sex Marriage Bill in the territory’s single-chamber parliament, the Legislative Assembly, with the support of the sole Greens MLA, Shane Rattenbury. However, the Commonwealth government has argued that the new ACT law, taking effect on De…
