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posted by martyb on Saturday November 18 2017, @01:15AM   Printer-friendly
from the changing-tide dept.

Australians have voted 61.6% to approve of same-sex marriage, and the Turnbull-led government has said it would aim to pass legislation by Christmas:

Australians decisively support same-sex marriage

Australians have overwhelmingly voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in a historic poll. The non-binding postal vote showed 61.6% of people favour allowing same-sex couples to wed, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. Jubilant supporters have been celebrating in public spaces, waving rainbow flags and singing and dancing.

A bill to change the law was introduced into the Senate late on Wednesday. It will now be debated for amendments. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his government would aim to pass legislation in parliament by Christmas. "[Australians] have spoken in their millions and they have voted overwhelmingly yes for marriage equality," Mr Turnbull said after the result was announced. "They voted yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love."

The issue only went to a voluntary postal vote after a long and bitter debate about amending Australia's Marriage Act. The result on Wednesday brings an end to what was at times a heated campaign. The vote itself had been criticised by same-sex marriage supporters, many of whom said it was unnecessary when parliament could debate the issue directly.

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One in Three People Globally Think Gay Marriage Should Be Legal
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  • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @03:39AM (5 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @03:39AM (#598547)

    It ain't "marriage", stupid. You can do whatever the hell you want to do, just don't expect normies to recognize you as normal. Marriage always has been, and always will be, about offspring, inheritance, and continuity. It ain't about silly feel good bullshit. Civil union, OK. Partnership, OK. Cohabitation license, OK. What gays have is not marriage. Gay pride, right? WTF do gays even want to appear "normal" when it comes to their relationships? They aren't "normal", they take pride in not being "normal", then they demand to be defined as "normal". Talk about psychotic . . .

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by khallow on Saturday November 18 2017, @04:14AM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Saturday November 18 2017, @04:14AM (#598567) Journal

    Marriage always has been, and always will be, about offspring, inheritance, and continuity.

    Except when it's not about that. You're speaking of some historical reasons for marriage, not what it is or is about today. But even if we accept your reasons at face value, we still have inheritance which applies (or more accurately, should apply) to same sex marriages just as it does to heterosexual marriages.

    WTF do gays even want to appear "normal" when it comes to their relationships?

    Most people in the world want to appear normal. Why should we expect most gay couples to be different?

  • (Score: 3, Touché) by isostatic on Saturday November 18 2017, @10:42AM (1 child)

    by isostatic (365) on Saturday November 18 2017, @10:42AM (#598619) Journal

    Marriage always has been, and always will be, about offspring, inheritance, and continuity

    Our happily married gay friends have two children, so that seems to match your requirement.

    Othe other hand our happily married straight friends don't want children. I guess they should divorce?

    • (Score: 1) by evilcam on Monday November 20 2017, @04:23AM

      by evilcam (3239) Subscriber Badge on Monday November 20 2017, @04:23AM (#599142)

      Marriage always has been, and always will be, about offspring, inheritance, and continuity

      Our happily married gay friends have two children, so that seems to match your requirement.
      On the other hand our happily married straight friends don't want children. I guess they should divorce?

      I fall into this second bucket; I'll let the OP you explain to my wife that we have to have a divorce or children... And deal with the repercussions...

  • (Score: 1) by purple_cobra on Saturday November 18 2017, @04:17PM

    by purple_cobra (1435) on Saturday November 18 2017, @04:17PM (#598687)

    If gay people want the same level of mother-in-law as straight folks, who am I to stand in their way?

    Silliness aside, is it that important to you that they can't marry? I'm of the opinion that there's far too much prurient interest in what consenting adults get up to inside their own homes and while there are exceptions - the politician waxing lyrical about his faith and family while philandering with all and sundry, for example - I have to say that in general, I neither know nor care about the sexuality of others.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @07:22PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 18 2017, @07:22PM (#598729)

    And this is why the biggest threat to my hetero but childless marriage is all the people claiming to be defending the sanctity of marriage.