<p>A Greens senator could not hold back her tears while delivering an emotional speech on November 27 about Australia’s long road to same-sex marriage.</p><p>South Australian Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, who has introduced seven out of 20 failed gay marriage bills into Parliament since she was elected in 2007, teared up as she recalled how former Greens leader Bob Brown, a gay man, was impacted by the marriage law that forbade civil union or same-sex marriage.</p><p>“When Bob retired in 2012 I said to him ‘Bob, I’m really sorry that we haven’t been able to reverse that awful law before your time was up,” Hanson-Young said. “So today… today I stand here with my Greens colleagues finishing the job that Bob Brown started. Boy, this parliament has come such a long way.”</p><p>She also spoke about the homophobia one of her closest friends experienced in a small rural town.</p><p>A cross-party same-sex marriage bill, authored by Liberal senator Dean Smith</a>, will face the Senate this week. Labor, Greens, the Nick Xenophon Team and Derryn Hinch supported the bill, which was also was co-signed by two Liberal senators, according to The Guardian</a>. The upper house planned to focus on the bill this week, news.com.au</a> reported. Credit: Australian Parliament House via Storyful</p><br />
