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Written by EMMA BROWN | The Courier
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Sunday, 14 February 2010 23:14 |
RALLY: Supporters take to the streets of Ballarat in the city's first pro-gay marriage rally at the weekend. Picture: Jeremy Bannister.
SEVERAL hundred people marched through the streets of Ballarat yesterday in support of gay marriage in the city's first pro-gay marriage rally.
The rally began at the Ballarat Skate Park on Main Rd before heading up Sturt St to the town hall. Rally organiser and spokesperson for the recently formed Regional No Discretion group, Koby Drake, has attended pro-gay marriage rallies in Melbourne.
"This is the first rally in rural Victoria. It is time to fight in our own backyards and not just in the big cities," Mr Drake said.
"We're fighting for equal rights not special rights."
Attending the rally were several high-profile gay rights groups including The Equal Love Campaign.
ELC publicity officer Ali Hogg said the Ballarat rally stemmed from the big rallies in the capital cities where organisers noticed many of the attendees were from regional areas where homophobia is more prevalent.
"It's not that young people are planning to get married anytime soon but it is an issue of equality," Ms Hogg said.
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