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.
Contents:
- ATRALIA APPROV GAY MARRIAGE EQUALY VOTE
- ATRALIANS' SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE WEAKENS NEW POLL
- WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM
ATRALIA APPROV GAY MARRIAGE EQUALY VOTE
Media ptn, 'Gay people are gog to have the bt weddgs'Polls did well - pared to the lik of Brex and the 2016 US printial electn - part bee the turnout was so high (approximately 80%, pared to 61% the Irish gay marriage referendum). Hodg cisn, public support for legalizg gay marriage cracked the 60% level, and last year reached the 70% mark for the first time.
ATRALIANS' SUPPORT OF GAY MARRIAGE WEAKENS NEW POLL
Risg natnal support for legal same-sex marriage reflects steady creas among most subgroups of the populatn, even those who have tradnally been the most ristant to gay marriage.
Amerins who report that they attend church weekly rema the primary mographic holdout agast gay marriage, wh 40% favor and 58% opposed. A small mory of Amerins (27%) supported legal regnn of gay and lbian marriag 1996, when Gallup first asked the qutn. Adults, who were once holdouts support for gay marriage, now e down on the same si of the issue as young adults.
Faced wh this choice, Atralians overwhelmgly give prry to the rights of the child, not the rights of homosexual men. Atralians need to know that gay 'marriage' and gay parentg is a package al which discrimat agast future children.
WHERE TO GO WHEN IM YOUNG GAY? - AMSTERDAM FOM
“Same-sex marriage creat a clash between upholdg the human rights of children wh rpect to their g to beg and the fay stcture which they will be reared, and the claims of homosexual adults who wish to marry a same-sex partner. Dr van Gend nclud, “This study aims to fd out which claim is given prry by Atralians when they are 'forced to choose' between the rights of the child and the claims of homosexual adults.
That means they do not unrstand that laws for homosexual marriage clu the right for two men to create a fay by surrogacy or adoptn – wh the nsequence that any state laws which prently prohib same-sex adoptn or surrogacy will be overturned. “If every fourth Atralian fails to unrstand that gay marriage, gay adoptn and gay surrogacy are a package al, then the public do not know what is buyg when signs up to laws for gay marriage”, Dr van Gend said.