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Australian politician to marry gay partner in Spain

An Australian politician and his boyfriend are getting married in Spain Wednesday after flying halfway round the world to take advantage of the country's gay marriage laws, they told AFP.

Same-sex couple hold hands in San Francisco, California on May 15, 2008. An Australian politician and his boyfriend are getting married in Spain after flying halfway round the world to take advantage of the country's gay marriage laws

Ian Hunter, social inclusion minister in the state government of South Australia, and his partner of 22 years Leith Semmens, have come from Adelaide to tie the knot in Jun, a small Spanish town near Granada.

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