‘Why I won’t marry Kylie until we have marriage equality’

JOSHUA Sasse is hoping for equality sooner rather than later after vowing not to marry Australian singer Kylie Minogue until same sex marriage is made legal here.

JOSHUA Sasse is hoping for equality sooner rather than later after vowing not to marry Australian singer Kylie Minogue until same sex marriage is made legal here.

And he’s promised to continue the fight internationally once laws are changed here with the Say I Do Down Under campaign he launched on social media this week.

Joshua Sasse told Kylie Minogue he couldn’t plan their wedding knowing Australians didn’t have marriage equality. Picture: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images

“This could be anywhere, and I’m hoping after this that it creates a snowball affect and then it will be Say I Do in Greenland, South America, China and Russia, in all of the states that have anti-homosexuality laws.”

He continued: “Change starts at home. How could I be planning a wedding to an Australian when I know that this is going on in Australia?” he told Confidential.

“I sat down with Kylie and said, I don’t see how we can be planning a wedding when we are planning a campaign about equality and other people can’t get married and I just said it is not fair. We are no different from anybody else.”

Sasse launched the Say I Do Down Under campaign last weekend with a shot of himself with Minogue and Dolly Parton on Instagram.

Sasse supports Australian Marriage Equality's Say I Do campaign with fiance Kylie Minogue and legendary singer Dolly Parton.

He has used the logo from Australian’s 4 Equality as the main campaign image and has sent hundreds of letters and T-shirts to people of influence around the world, including Sir Elton John.

He’s hoping a package will be delivered to British government on Downing Street in London next week. So far, other celebrity supporters have included Margot Robbie, Sia, Kelly Ripa, Kathy Lette, the Nervo Sisters and Jake Shears have come on board.

Margot Robbie sporting the T-shirt which campaigns for marriage equality in Australia. Picture: Twitter

Aussie singer Sia and her crew support the campaign. Picture: Instagram

T-shirts are being printed in Melbourne, Sydney, London, Vancouver, Los Angeles and New York with Sasse and Minogue funding the project.

“There hasn’t been a single day when I’m not learning lines that I’m not writing letters to people,” said Sasse from Vancouver.

“I’m sending letters to everybody I can as the most important part is making this part of people’s conversation because that is how things change.

“It doesn’t matter if I have a friend who is gay or not. I would hope that somebody would do something like this for me and that is my way of being a part of the community. I don’t think it is anything massively special other than trying to do my best.”

Kylie Minogue has previously said how ‘backward’ Australia is on the same sex marriage issue. Picture: Instagram

Minogue has previously said how “backward” Australia is on the issue of same-sex marriage and that “the earth didn’t cave in” in other countries where it has been legalised and that “love is love”.

Sasse has only ever visited Australia once, being last December for four days with Minogue.

Sasse and Minogue are funding the campaign themselves, sending printed T-shirts, such as the ones they’re wearing to influential people around the world. Picture: Instagram

It was on a holiday with friends, a couple of whom happened to be gay, that Sasse learnt same sex marriage wasn’t recognised in Australia.

“I just couldn’t fathom it,” he said. “I read a lot of news and every morning I would pick the things I wanted to read to Kylie over breakfast and I read this thing and literally did a double take.

“We are planning to get married and I’m very principled and really stand by my beliefs and if someone told me that I couldn’t get married, it doesn’t matter why, I would kick their f***ing door down, and that was where this started.”