Lgb t group argue that three seven seven a creates a climate in which this kind of discrimination is acceptable. The only people below 35 who can buy public houses have to be married couples, they say. Because gay people cannot get married, naturally, we can't get excess to these public houses until wheare 35. And the thing is, as the court acknowledged, there's nothing to stop the government from deciding to start imposing the law once again.
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