Richard Di Natale (Victoria, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I think the saddest thing that could happen with the issue of marriage equality is that a wedge be driven between those advocates who support marriage equality. It does not have to be that way. What we can have now is a commitment from the Labor Party to ensure that on Thursday in private senators' time this legislation will be brought on for debate. If they are not prepared to do that, these are crocodile tears. It is cynical wedge politics. This is too important an issue to be used as a political football. Those people who have supported this reform now for decades would be disgusted if this was simply some cheap political tactic. (Time expired)