The government had introduced the legislation in just a few months earlier in June and they worked to ensure same-sex couples could not wed, concerned about marriage equality being achieved in other countries, and the looming prospect of legal challenges to the Australian laws. “There are at least two test cases before the Australian courts seeking a declaration of a same-sex marriage conducted overseas and, contrary to the dishonest claims of anti gay groups, that is not a political action by the mythical and militant gay lobby to undermine the very foundations of society but an action by two very unassuming couples who engaged the courts out of their own volition.” Back in 2013 Liberal MP Nick Goiran told the Western Australian Parliament that marriage should be strictly kept to being…