Legal challenge over Australian same-sex marriage vote

Australia's High Court has begun hearing a legal challenge against the government's plan to hold a postal vote on whether to legalise same-sex marriage. The ruling centre-right coalition came up with the idea for the non-compulsory ballot after twice failing to get parliamentary support for a national referendum on the issue. Ballot papers are due to be sent out in a few weeks. Critics, including gay rights groups, are calling for just a conscience vote in parliament to avoid divisive campaig… READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2017/09/05/legal-challenge-over-australian-same-sex-marriage-vote What are the top stories today? Click to watch: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSyY1udCyYqBeDOz400FlseNGNqReKkFd euronews: the most watched news channel in Europe Subscribe! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronews euronews is available in 13 languages: https://www.youtube.com/user/euronewsnetwork/channels In English: Website: http://www.euronews.com/news Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/euronews Twitter: http://twitter.com/euronews Google+: http://google.com/+euronews VKontakte: http://vk.com/en.euronews