2AObjects of this Act

#### 2A Objects of this Act It is an object of this Act to create a legal framework: (a) to allow civil celebrants to solemnise marriage, understood as the union of 2 people to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered into for life; and (b) to allow ministers of religion to solemnise marriage, respecting the doctrines, tenets and beliefs of their religion, the views of their religious community or their own religious beliefs; and (c) to allow equal access to marriage while protecting religious freedom in relation to marriage.