Young Nationals back gay marriage

The NSW Young Nationals have voted in favour of same-sex marriage.

The motion, passed at a conference in Corowa, is the first endorsement of marriage equality by a youth division of a conservative party in Australia.

The weekend conference noted that a young homosexual man living in regional NSW is six times more likely to commit suicide than members of the community as a whole.

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