Aussie MP, Whose Son Is Gay, Pushes for Marriage Equality

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Neal Broverman is the Editorial Director, Print of Pride Media, publishers of The Advocate, Out, Out Traveler, and Plus, spending more than 20 years in journalism. He indulges his interest in transportation and urban planning with regular contributions to Los Angeles magazine, and his work has also appeared in the Los Angeles Times and USA Today. He lives in the City of Angels with his husband, children, and their chiweenie.

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Danielle Green -- an Australian Labor MP representing Yan Yean, near Melbourne -- is hoping her fellow lawmakers come around on marriage equality, even though the nation's female prime minister isn't sold on the idea.

Green has a 28-year-old gay son, Blake, who came out in his early teen years.

"He said to me: 'Mum, I don't want you to be upset about this as it could just be a stage, but I think I might be gay.' He was so worried about my feelings," Green told the Herald-Sun. "I told him it's no one else's business who anyone chooses to love or be intimate with."

Green's Labor Party will discuss changing the party's platform this weekend to include support for same-sex marriage. Prime Minister Julia Gillard opposes marriage equality but voiced supported for a conscience vote on the matter at the Labor Party conference.

A recent poll showed that a majority of Australians support marriage rights for gays.