Jt three weeks after a natnal referendum showed strong support for gay marriage, Parliament voted overwhelmgly to follow the public’s lead.
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IS GAY MARRIAGE LEGAL ATRALIA
* why isn t gay marriage legal in australia *
Overall, about four-fifths of Atralians are acceptg of homosexualy general, Pew Rearch data published 2013 reveals, one of the hight numbers the world. Gay rights Atralia haven’t always been fast to arrive – homosexual sex was illegal parts of Atralia up until 1997 – but on marriage equaly their opn now seems clear.
THOANDS RALLY FOR GAY MARRIAGE ATRALIA AHEAD OF VOTE
Many of their ncerns, however, were largely born out durg the two-month mpaign, which saw rabow flags pated wh Nazi symbols, advertisements stokg fears of “radil” gay sex tn and supporters beg abed person and onle.
Prr to the vote, a urt challenge by gay marriage proponents tried to stop takg place, sayg the postal vote was unnecsary and a waste of public funds. However, the bulk of the public bate seems to be based on tuive or speculative perceptns of the tras of people who are likely to oppose or support same-sex marriage, or on anecdotal ed data om the Hoehold, Ine and Labour Dynamics Atralia Survey (HILDA) to asss trends the gree of support for same-sex marriage, and to ascerta the characteristics of those Atralians who do, or don't, support dataIn 2005, 2008, 2011 and 2015, the HILDA Survey asked s natnal panel to rate their gree of agreement wh the statement "Homosexual upl should have the same rights as heterosexual upl do" on a sle om one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree) HILDA data has strengths and weakns pared to recent poll data.