http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/br ... 6060164023A VICTORIAN Labor Party move to back same-sex marriage has failed to even be discussed because there were not enough people in the room to vote on the controversial motion. The issue had been set to put the Victorian ALP at odds with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who does not support gay marriage.
But that and other motions that were to be debated by the state conference in Melbourne on Saturday did not go ahead, all because the meeting was short by the two or three people needed to have a quorum.
The Robert Blackwood Concert Hall at Monash University in Clayton had been packed for Ms Gillard's keynote address and a speech by state Labor Leader Daniel Andrews on Saturday morning.
However, many had cleared out by mid-afternoon when the time came to address numerous urgency motions.
Two counts were carried out to see if the required 150 people needed for the motions to be debated were present, but they came up short at 145 and 147.
hahahhah - maybe they'l get more support by seeing if owners can marry dogs, would that work monk ??