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Cover Your Ears!

19:00 June 29, 2015
By: Staff

Cover Your Ears! 

Australians are covering their ears in support of the legalization of same-sex marriage. This growing movement was initiated by a native couple with impending nuptials, who did not support Australia's archaic definition of marriage. The couple requested that guests cover their ears during the portion of the ceremony in which the definition of marriage was recited, as a symbol of protest. Read more here about how this simple gesture has ignited a movement in support of same-sex marriage and the adjustment of legislature around the world. 

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