Compare how Lee Rhiannon and Murray Watt voted on civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples
Lee Rhiannon
Former Australian Greens Senator for NSW July 2011 – August 2018
Murray Watt
Australian Labor Party Senator for Queensland since July 2016
How they voted compared with each other and someone who agrees that the federal government should protect the right of celebrants to refuse to marry same-sex couples if doing so would be against their religious or conscientious beliefs
Now this is where it gets a bit tricky… Two people might vote the same way on votes they both attended, so their votes are 100% in agreement. They might also have voted in a way we’d describe differently when looking at all of one person's votes. If the other person didn’t or couldn’t have attended those votes we leave those out of the comparison. Because that just wouldn’t be fair now, would it?
Most important divisions relevant to this policy
These are the most important divisions related to the policy “for civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples” which either Lee Rhiannon or Murray Watt could have attended. They are weighted much more strongly than other divisions when calculating the position of Lee Rhiannon and Murray Watt on this policy. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".
| Division | Lee Rhiannon | Murray Watt | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
29th Nov 2017, 10:27 AM – Senate Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Authorised marriage celebrant |
No | No | Yes |
29th Nov 2017 – Senate Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - No obligation to solemnise marriage |
No | No | Yes |
28th Nov 2017, 11:02 PM – Senate Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Civil celebrants' right to refuse |
No | No | Yes |
28th Nov 2017 – Senate Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Religious and conscientious protection |
No | No | Yes |
Other divisions relevant to this policy
These are less important divisions which are related to the policy “for civil celebrants having the right to refuse to marry same-sex couples” which either Lee Rhiannon or Murray Watt could have attended. Where a person could not have attended a division because they were not a member of parliament at the time (or in the wrong house) it is marked as "-".
| Division | Lee Rhiannon | Murray Watt | Supporters vote |
|---|---|---|---|
29th Nov 2017, 12:22 PM – Senate Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Discrimination based on religious beliefs |
Yes | No | No |
28th Nov 2017, 7:44 PM – Senate Marriage Amendment (Definition and Religious Freedoms) Bill 2017 - in Committee - Defence chaplains |
No | No | Yes |