SYDNEY, February 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) An Australian Family Court has rejected the federal government’s annulment of a ‘marriage’ between two women, one of which had undergone surgery and hormone treatment to appear male. After a so-called ‘sex-change’ operation the Family Court validated the ‘marriage of Jennifer and Kevin J. However, federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams objected that Kevin was nonetheless still female. A spokesman for the Attorney-General said the government is considering an appeal. “The government believes the case raises serious issues concerning the meaning of marriage under the Marriage Act and in particular the role of the parliament in determining the meaning of marriage,” she said. See the AP coverage from Yahoo at: https://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20030221/ap_wo_en_po/as_gen_australia_transsexual_marriage_1
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AUSTRALIAN COURT REJECTS GOV’T ANNULMENT OF TRANSSEXUAL ‘MARRIAGE’
SYDNEY, February 21, 2003 (LifeSiteNews.com) An Australian Family Court has rejected the federal government’s annulment of a ‘marriage’ between two women, one of which had undergone surgery and hormone treatment to appear male. After a so-called ‘sex-change’ operation the Family Court validated the ‘marriage of Jennifer and Kevin J. However, federal Attorney-General Daryl Williams objected that Kevin was nonetheless still female. A spokesman for the Attorney-General said the government is considering an appeal. “The government believes the case raises serious issues concerning the meaning of marriage under the Marriage Act and in particular the role of the parliament in determining […]
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