Current Events > Australian couple who said they'd divorce if SSM passed back out

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http://junkee.com/marriage-equality-couple-divorce/138460

In an interview with BuzzFeed, Jensen was adamant that he would follow through on his promise.

Weve made the decision. Were hoping to never have to do that, [but] that is what wed do, he said.

Jensen also said that the tide was turning against marriage equality, and that he doubted he would ever have to actually follow through on the promise.

Its far from inevitable. If a number of things hold then we wont be in this situation [with marriage equality legislation before parliament] again for a number of years. So hopefully not.

Well guess what, suckers? Marriage equality passed the Australian parliament yesterday!

Junkee contacted Nick Jensen yesterday to see if he would follow through on his public promise, and it turns out Nick isnt quite a man of his word.

My previous public comments regarding civil divorce never envisaged me separating from my wife, but rather our marriage from the state, he said in a text message.

The legislation currently makes it untenable for us to do this under the law. The point we were highlighting and that still stands however is the fact that a redefinition of marriage changes the agreement under which we were originally married.

We will be making no further comment.

Fucking bigoted clowns.
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Im sure gay people everywhere feel appropriately guilty, random Australian married man.
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This whole situation is a result of people stubbornly sticking to their ideological echo chambers. He really thought there was no chance of it passing?
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No surprise there
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