On the eve of Mardi Gras the senate voted 45-5 to continue the practice of marriage inequality, reports The Age:

THE Senate has comprehensively defeated a bid to legalise gay marriage, although a third of the senators did not turn up for the vote.

The bill was a private members bill by Senator Hanson-Young - who has been a great advocate for marriage equality. As she said:

"There may have been a group of senators voting to keep discrimination against same-sex couples being able to marry the one they love, but well over one-third of all senators were absent for the final vote, presumably the only form of protest open to them,"

Here is the list of senators (hat tip to Anonymous Lefty for the list) who believe that my relationship is not worthy of equality (after jump):

Abetz, E.

Back, C.J.

Barnett, G.

Bernardi, C.

Bilyk, C.L.

Bishop, T.M.

Boswell, R.L.D.

Brown, C.L.

Bushby,D.C.

Cameron, D.N.

Cash, M.C.

Colbeck, R.

Collins, J.

Cormann, M.H.P.

Crossin, P.M.

Eggleston, A.

Farrell, D.E.

Feeney, D.

Ferguson, A.B.

Fielding, S.

Fierravanti-Wells, C.

Fisher, M.J.

Forshaw, M.G.

Furner, M.L.

Hogg, J.J.

Humphries, G.

Hurley, A.

Hutchins, S.P.

Johnston, D.

Lundy, K.A.

Marshall, G.

Mason, B.J.

McLucas, J.E.

Minchin, N.H.

Moore, C.

O’Brien, K.W.K.

Parry, S. *

Polley, H.

Ronaldson, M.

Sherry, N.J.

Stephens, U.

Sterle, G.

Troeth, J.M.

Wortley, D.

Xenophon, N.