 The ruling also allowed the couples involved in the challenge to marry immediately.On 6 December, the SPÖ, which introduced a bill to legalise same-sex marriage on 9 November 2017, said it would continue to push for its approval, in the hope of allowing same-sex couples to marry sooner than 1 January 2019.On 13 December 2017, another same-sex marriage bill was introduced by NEOS Deputy Nikolaus Scherak.