Tasmania has picked up the baton of same-sex marriage, with the Greens to introduce an enabling bill into the state's parliament, reports the AAP. If successful, Tasmania would become the first state in Australia to have same-sex marriage. Tasmania Greens MP Nick McKim said he would bring the same-sex marriage bill, which will also provide adoption rights, to state parliament on 1 July. "Marriage is an institution that should be open to opposite-sex and same-sex couples," Mr McKim told reporters. "We believe that this matter should have a conscience vote." This story continues on the link below.