THE honeymoon hadn't even begun for newlyweds Narell Majik and Ash Watson before the High Court of Australia declared their marriage constitutionally invalid.
The couple tied the knot in Canberra just a day before the court struck down the ACT's same-sex marriage laws in a brief but blunt judgment on Thursday.
"It does not feel any different to how it did before," Ms Watson said after the ruling.
The first legal gay marriage on Australian soil took place less than a week ago.
Western Australia state upper house MP Stephen Dawson, who married his partner in the early hours of Saturday in Canberra, said the court decision was disappointing.
Mr Croome said it was too early to tell whether the High Court decision left room for the ACT government to legislate in a different form.
But for Canberra resident Ivan Hinton, who married his partner Chris Teoh this week, the setback in the High Court hadn't dampened his determination to see his union validated.
"We will achieve marriage equality," he said.
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