Newlywed Lynda Topp has made a powerful statement in favour of marriage equality ahead of tonight’s third reading of a Bill that will introduce same-sex marriage. “If someone had told me a few years ago that at 54 I would be married with two stepsons, I'd have laughed,” she says, referring to her nuptials on March 12. “But let's get one thing straight (if you'll excuse the pun), this is a marriage - not a civil union. That is how Donna and I see it. “I think everybody should be able to stand up and say 'I'm getting married.' A civil union is demeaning... this idea that you will never be good enough, that your love is somehow less than or not as worthy. There's no romance to it. “And today, I feel more romantic and more in love than I've ever felt in my life. Our marriage is as honest, loyal and committed as anyone's and we should have the same rights as anyone else.”
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First published: Wednesday, 17th April 2013 - 10:28am