Weeks after Australians voted in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage in a referendum, a member of parliament seized the opportunity to ask his partner to marry him.
Tim Wilson, a member of the Liberal party and Australia’s lower house of parliament, proposed to his partner through tears during a debate on the same-sex marriage bill today (Dec. 4) in Canberra. His partner, Ryan Bolger, was sitting in the public gallery and gave an affirmative response to the proposal. Though same-sex marriage has been illegal in Australia, the couple has been wearing engagement rings for seven years. Read more via Quartz
Here's the moment Tim Wilson proposed to his partner in the House of Representatives pic.twitter.com/WUJOAgyDRA
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