{"id":9720,"date":"2018-03-12T11:28:59","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T11:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pahichan.com\/?p=9720"},"modified":"2018-03-12T11:28:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T11:28:59","slug":"parliament-marriage-proposal-mp-weds-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/parliament-marriage-proposal-mp-weds-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament marriage proposal MP weds in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"story-body__inner\">\n<figure class=\"media-with-caption\">\n<div class=\"player-with-placeholder\">Kathmandu (Pahichan) March 12 &#8211; An Australian MP has wed his partner, three months after proposing to him in parliament during a debate on legalising same-sex marriage.<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Government MP Tim Wilson and Ryan Bolger celebrated their &#8220;special day&#8221; on Sunday, the politician said online.<\/p>\n<p>Australian MPs voted to legalise same-sex marriage in December.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier that month,\u00a0<a class=\"story-body__link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-australia-42217521\">Mr Wilson had become the first MP to make a marriage proposal<\/a>\u00a0in the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Wilson and Mr Bolger, who have been together for more than a decade, were married in Melbourne&#8217;s Royal Botanic Gardens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"social-embed\">\n<div class=\"social-embed-post social-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"embed embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"embed-region\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Twitter post by @TimWilsonMP\"><a class=\"off-screen jump-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-australia-43367141#jump-linkhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/TimWilsonMP\/status\/972704981638762497\">Skip Twitter post by @TimWilsonMP<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-wrap\">\n<div class=\"SandboxRoot env-bp-350\" data-twitter-event-id=\"0\">\n<div id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"EmbeddedTweet EmbeddedTweet--edge EmbeddedTweet--mediaForward media-forward js-clickToOpenTarget js-tweetIdInfo tweet-InformationCircle-widgetParent\" lang=\"en\" data-click-to-open-target=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimWilsonMP\/status\/972704981638762497\" data-iframe-title=\"Twitter Tweet\" data-dt-full=\"%{hours12}:%{minutes} %{amPm} - %{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-dt-explicit-timestamp=\"11:10 AM - Mar 11, 2018\" data-dt-months=\"Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec\" data-dt-am=\"AM\" data-dt-pm=\"PM\" data-dt-now=\"now\" data-dt-s=\"s\" data-dt-m=\"m\" data-dt-h=\"h\" data-dt-second=\"second\" data-dt-seconds=\"seconds\" data-dt-minute=\"minute\" data-dt-minutes=\"minutes\" data-dt-hour=\"hour\" data-dt-hours=\"hours\" data-dt-abbr=\"%{number}%{symbol}\" data-dt-short=\"%{day} %{month}\" data-dt-long=\"%{day} %{month} %{year}\" data-scribe=\"page:tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"972704981638762497\" data-twitter-event-id=\"1\">\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\"><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimWilsonMP\/status\/972704981638762497\/photo\/1\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">View image on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 496px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 161.2903%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset NaturalImage\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimWilsonMP\/status\/972704981638762497\/photo\/1\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DX--AEeU8AEYGsA?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"744\" height=\"1200\" data-image=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/DX--AEeU8AEYGsA\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimWilsonMP\/status\/972704981638762497\" data-tweet-id=\"972704981638762497\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand u-floatRight\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-link Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimWilsonMP\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Tim Wilson MP (screen name: TimWilsonMP)\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar Identity-avatar\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/697585102394556416\/Uo7EnwxD_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/697585102394556416\/Uo7EnwxD_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/697585102394556416\/Uo7EnwxD_normal.jpg\" \/><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-name Identity-name customisable-highlight\" title=\"Tim Wilson MP\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">Tim Wilson MP<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TweetAuthor-screenName Identity-screenName\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"@TimWilsonMP\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@TimWilsonMP<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<div class=\"u-hiddenVisually js-inViewportScribingTarget\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The 11th of March is a special day. It the day after <a class=\"PrettyLink profile customisable h-card\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rpbolger\" data-mentioned-user-id=\"100383648\" data-scribe=\"element:mention\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">@<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value Tweet-prettyLink\">rpbolger<\/span><\/a>\u2019s birthday. The day before mine. And now and forever it is our wedding anniversary. <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BolgerWilson2018?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value Tweet-prettyLink\">BolgerWilson2018<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimWilsonMP\/status\/972704981638762497\" data-datetime=\"2018-03-11T05:25:14+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: March 11, 2018 05:25:14 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-03-11T05:25:14+0000\">11:10 AM &#8211; Mar 11, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<ul class=\"Tweet-actions Tweet-action--newsActions\" role=\"menu\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\" aria-label=\"Tweet actions\">\n<li class=\"Tweet-action Tweet-action--newsAction\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--heartEdge TweetAction-icon\" role=\"img\" data-scribe=\"element:heart\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Tweet-action--heart TweetAction TweetAction--heartEdge\" title=\"Like\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/like?tweet_id=972704981638762497\" data-scribe=\"component:actions\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:heart_count\">1,495<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"Tweet-action Tweet-action--newsAction\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--replyEdge TweetAction-icon\" role=\"img\" data-scribe=\"element:conversation_icon\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Tweet-action--replyEdge TweetAction TweetAction--replyEdge\" title=\"View the conversation on Twitter\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimWilsonMP\/status\/972704981638762497\" data-scribe=\"component:news\"><span class=\"TweetAction-stat\" data-scribe=\"element:conversation_text\">278 people are talking about this<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tweet-InformationCircle--top tweet-InformationCircle--topEdge tweet-InformationCircle\" data-scribe=\"element:notice\"><a class=\"Icon Icon--informationCircleWhite js-inViewportScribingTarget\" title=\"Twitter Ads info and privacy\" href=\"https:\/\/support.twitter.com\/articles\/20175256\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">Twitter Ads info and privacy<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor\">\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-expand\">\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"resize-sensor-shrink\">End of Twitter post by @TimWilsonMP<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The MP&#8217;s tweet attracted messages of congratulations from parliamentarians and others on social media.<\/p>\n<p>In his December speech, Mr Wilson was arguing for same-sex marriage when he turned to address Mr Bolger, who was sitting in the public gallery.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In my first speech, I defined our bond by the ring that sits on both of our left hands. They [the rings] are the answer to the question we cannot ask,&#8221; an emotional Mr Wilson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;So there is only one thing left to do. Ryan Patrick Bolger, will you marry me?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Bolger replied with a loud &#8220;yes&#8221;, prompting cheers and applause.<\/p>\n<p>Copy : bbc.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathmandu (Pahichan) March 12 &#8211; An Australian MP has wed his partner, three months after proposing to him in parliament during a debate on legalising same-sex marriage.<\/p>\n<p>Government MP Tim Wilson and Ryan Bolger celebrated their &#8220;special day&#8221; on Sunday, the politician said online.<br \/>\nAustralian MPs voted to legalise same-sex marriage in December.<br \/>\nEarlier that month,\u00a0Mr Wilson had become the first MP to make a marriage proposal\u00a0in the House of Representatives.<br \/>\nMr Wilson and Mr Bolger, who have been together for more than a decade, were married in Melbourne&#8217;s Royal Botanic Gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Skip Twitter post &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":9721,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[621,490,11],"tags":[588],"class_list":["post-9720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-slider","category-world","tag-same-sex-marriage"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9720"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9720\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9722,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9720\/revisions\/9722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pahichan.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}