Atralia has voted to approve gay marriage after a majory of the populatn voted 'y' a drawn-out and ntroversial postal vote on same-sex unns.
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ATRALIA APPROV GAY MARRIAGE EQUALY VOTE
Dpe assertns om Turnbull that the survey would be overwhelmgly rpectful, the mpaign has been marred by homophobic cints and mpaign material which ntued largely unabated spe a special law passed to apply electoral law safeguards to the survey, such as thorisatn requirements for mpaign mpaign also featured two unsuccsful high urt challeng agast the expendure of $122m for the survey, as marriage equaly advot fought to prevent the poll seen as an afont bee termed LGBTI people’s equaly before the law by a majorarian pollg throughout the mpaign showed nsistent support for marriage equaly and weekly timat showed the survey was on-track for a rerd no mpaign took creasgly bizarre turns, wh Abbott g an asslt that even his attacker said had nothg to do wh marriage to rally Atralians to his e, and nservativ attemptg to e US rapper Macklemore’s performance of his h Same Love at the gby league grand fal to claim the natnal mpaign they lled for had appropriately policised Atralian cross-party bill will be bated the Senate on Thursday and the parliamentary stg week begng 27 November, wh supporters of marriage equaly aimg to pass a bill through both ho of parliament before they rise on 7 December. Whether that was accurate or not, that is how many the gay muny felt.
Dpe the emotnal turmoil and pa, many LGBTIQ people went to that vote feelg, the entire mpaign for a y vote was about hearts and mds — actively pulled at the heartstrgs of Atralians who had a gay child, uncle, niece or work mate. Returng to Pearson's central premise — that a Voice would rce racism Atralia — let's look at the only parison we have: the same sex marriage end homophobia? “A weight taken off our shoulrs, ” he thor of the cross-party bill, the Liberal senator Dean Smh, told ABC News on Thursday the passage of marriage equaly was “a measure of what n be done when people put some of their partisan polics behd” – the first openly gay feral parliamentarian the Liberal party – said the historic social reform was “owned by everyone, is owned by the Atralian people” creded advot for the “great stggle for many, many years” and said spe the public attentn on his role he was nsc that he was “lled upon the fal few steps to make this happen” attorney general, Gee Brandis, has clared that marriage equaly will be the “imperishable legacy” of Mallm Turnbull’s Liberal-Natnal Coaln the achievement of the 45th parliament may also be claimed part by the Labor opposn, which has mpaigned for a ee vote on same-sex marriage and brought s numbers to bear, wh almost all s members votg Turnbull took the prime mistership om his nservative precsor, Tony Abbott, September 2015, he retaed the Coaln’s mment to hold a natnal plebisce on same-sex marriage before changg the move was ntroversial, wh LGBTI groups objectg to a human rights qutn – equaly before the law – beg cid by popular, the Greens and other opposn parti blocked the proposed plebisce the Senate November 2016 and Augt 2017, leadg the Turnbull ernment to lnch a $100m voluntary natnal postal survey to fulfil s electn mment to give Atralians a a bisg three-month mpaign, opponents of marriage equaly claimed same-sex marriage would have far-reachg negative nsequenc for genr tn and claimed would harm relig eedom and eedom of speech.