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Vote Against GA resolution Marriage Equality
Resolution Analysis
General Assembly Resolution #313, which repealed this proposal's predecessor, the Freedom of Marriage Act, pointed out that "... subsequent to Freedom of Marriage Act's adoption, Resolution #35: The Charter of Civil Rights (COCR) was enacted, forbidding discrimination by governments and/or public-service providers based on any 'reductive categorisation,' not just sex or sexual preference." The intended effect of preserving equal marriage rights for both same-sex and different-sex couples is already in place through The Charter of Civil Rights, making this proposal redundant.
For these reasons, the Ministry of World Assembly Affairs recommends a vote against the resolution.