'It looks like we've missed the boat'

By Michael Koziol, Political Reporter
Updated May 24 2017 - 3:48pm, first published 3:44pm
SAT/SHD NEWS: gay marriage. (L-R) Peter Bonsall-Boone and Peter de Waal, gay couple who marched in first Mardi Gras. Bonsall-Boone is very ill with cancer and will likely die in coming weeks. It was his last wish to marry the man he has loved all his life and it is now clear that wish won't come true.  Photograph by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 7th April 2017.
SAT/SHD NEWS: gay marriage. (L-R) Peter Bonsall-Boone and Peter de Waal, gay couple who marched in first Mardi Gras. Bonsall-Boone is very ill with cancer and will likely die in coming weeks. It was his last wish to marry the man he has loved all his life and it is now clear that wish won't come true. Photograph by Edwina Pickles. Taken on 7th April 2017.

Peter Bonsall-Boone spent his life seeking permission. Permission to walk down the street with his lover hand-in-hand. Permission to make love without risking jail. Permission to demonstrate that love to the world through marriage.

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