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SAME-SEX MARRIAGE BILL TRODUCED TO SENATE ON DAY OF HISTORIC Y VOTETHE ATRALIAN PEOPLE HAVE VOTED FAVOUR OF LEGALISG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE THE ERNMENT'S VOLUNTARY POSTAL SURVEY, TRIGGERG MALLM TURNBULL'S PROMISE TO CHANGE THE MARRIAGE ACT.KEY POTS:Y WS: 61 PER CENT OF ATRALIANS VOTE TO LEGALISE SAME-SEX MARRIAGEMALLM TURNBULL WANTS TO MAKE LEGAL BY CHRISTMAS DEAN SMH'S BILL TO CHANGE THE MARRIAGE ACT TRODUCED SENATECOALN NSERVATIV WANT STRONGER RELIG EXEMPTNSTHE SENATE WILL ON THURSDAY BATE THE WORDG OF A BILL TO CHANGE THE MARRIAGE ACT, AFTER ATRALIANS VOTED CISIVELY FAVOUR OF ALLOWG SAME-SEX UPL TO MARRY A LANDMARK NATNAL SURVEY. THE Y VOTE TRIUMPHED THE ATRALIAN MARRIAGE LAW POSTAL SURVEY, ACUNTG FOR 61.6 PER CENT OF THE VOTE, WHILE 38.4 PER CENT OF RPONNTS VOTED NO. A PRIVATE MEMBER'S BILL, -SPONSORED BY BOTH MAJOR PARTI, WAS TRODUCED THE SENATE LATE ON WEDNDAY AFTERNOON, KICKG OFF A LEGISLATIVE PROCS THAT ULD SEE SAME-SEX MARRIAGE LEGALISED BY CHRISTMAS. THE RULTS OF THE ATRALIAN MARRIAGE LAW POSTAL SURVEY WERE ANNOUNCED ON WEDNDAY MORNG BY THE HEAD OF THE ATRALIAN BURE OF STATISTICS DAVID KALISCH, ENDG A DIVISIVE THREE-MONTH MPAIGN. RELATED READINGMARRIAGE EQUALY'S NEXT HURDLE: THE LEGAL STOH OVER HUMAN RIGHTS EXPLAEDCELEBRATNS WERE APLENTY OUTSI THE STATE LIBRARY OF VICTORIA MELBOURNE ON WEDNDAY. SOURCE: GETTY IMAGDPE SOME EARLY CRICISMS THAT THE E OF THE POSTAL SYSTEM WOULD MAKE THE SURVEY ACCSIBLE, AN OVERWHELMG 79.5 PER CENT OF ATRALIAN VOTERS DID PARTICIPATE, WHAT THE CHIEF STATISTICIAN LLED AN "OUTSTANDG" TURNOUT.WOMEN RPOND GREATER NUMBERS THAN MEN AT 81.6 PER CENT AND 77.3 PER CENT RPECTIVELY. YOUNG VOTERS ALSO TURNED OUT STRONG NUMBERS WH 78 PER CENT OF THOSE AGED 18-19 AND 72 PER CENT OF THOSE AGED 20-24 MAKG TO A POST OFFICE WH THEIR PLETED FORMS.AT THE OTHER END OF THE SPECTM, 80 PER CENT OF ATRALIANS OLR THAN 85 VOTED. SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WILL NOW ALMOST CERTALY BE LEGALISED ATRALIA THROUGH A CHANGE TO THE MARRIAGE ACT.RELATED READINGATRALIAN MARRIAGE LAW EXPLAED: WHAT BENEFS DO MARRIED UPL HAVE THAT FACTO UPL DON'T? SOURCE: ABSA SAME-SEX MARRIAGE SUPPORTER WAV A WHE FLAG WH 'OUR LOVE IS REAL' WRTEN ON SYDNEY ON THE DAY OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT. SOURCE: GETTY IMAGTURNBULL PLEDG TO CHANGE THE LAW BY CHRISTMASPRIME MISTER MALLM TURNBULL SAID HE WAS MTED TO CHANGG THE LAW BY CHRISTMAS."NOW IS UP TO HERE THE PARLIAMENT OF ATRALIA TO GET ON WH , TO GET ON WH THE JOB THE ATRALIAN PEOPLE HAVE TASKED TO DO AND GET THIS DONE THIS YEAR BEFORE CHRISTMAS," MR TURNBULL SAID, SPEAKG IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWG THE ABS ANNOUNCEMENT."THE ATRALIAN PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN THEIR LNS AND THEY HAVE VOTED OVERWHELMGLY Y FOR MARRIAGE EQUALY. THEY VOTED Y FOR FAIRNS, THEY VOTED Y FOR MMENT, THEY VOTED Y FOR LOVE," MR TURNBULL SAID.MR TURNBULL HAS PREVLY SAID HE EXPECTED A PRIVATE MEMBER'S BILL TO "SAIL THROUGH PARLIAMENT". WHILE SENATOR DEAN SMH'S BILL HAS ALREADY BEEN TRODUCED TO THE SENATE, THE LAW NNOT BE CHANGED UNTIL THE HOE OF REPRENTATIV RENVEN FOR THE LAST STG FORTNIGHT OF PARLIAMENT, WHICH BEGS ON NOVEMBER 27. LABOR LEAR BILL SHORTEN IS ALSO PHG FOR THE LAW TO BE CHANGED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE."TODAY WE CELEBRATE, TOMORROW WE LEGISLATE!" MR SHORTEN TOLD A GATHERED CROWD.DAVID BRYANT AND NICK HIGGS CELEBRATE THE RULT ANNOUNCEMENT ON NOVEMBER 15, 2017 SYDNEY. SOURCE: GETTY IMAGCONSERVATIVE LIBERALS PH FOR STRONGER RELIG EXEMPTNSEXACTLY HOW THE MARRIAGE ACT WILL CHANGE REMAS AN ACTIVE BATE WH THE COALN. CONSERVATIVE LIBERALS ARE PHG FOR STRONGER RELIG PROTECTNS, TO SHIELD DIVIDUALS AND PANI WHO DID NOT WANT TO PARTICIPATE SAME-SEX WEDDGS. TWO LIBERAL SENATORS HAD RELEASED VERY DIFFERENT BILLS - THE MORATE-BACKED DEAN SMH BILL, WHICH WAS TRODUCED TO THE SENATE ON WEDNDAY, AND THE JAM PATERSON BILL FAVOURED BY NSERVATIV.BUT LATE ON WEDNDAY EVENG, SENATOR PATERSON DROPPED HIS PLAN TO TRODUCE A PETG BILL. HE NOW PLANS TO NEGOTIATE AMENDMENTS TO THE SMH BILL STEAD. WHILE THE SMH BILL ALLOWS CHURCH TO REFE TO MARRY SAME-SEX UPL, THE PATERSON BILL WOULD HAVE ALLOWED ANYONE WH A RELIG OR MORAL OBJECTN TO REFE TO PARTICIPATE THE PROCS – CLUDG FLORISTS, BAKERS AND MICIANS.IT WOULD ALSO PROTECT ANYONE VOICG OR ACTG ON A BELIEF THAT MARRIAGE SHOULD ONLY BE BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN OM DISCRIMATN AND VILIFITN LAWS.COALN FOR MARRIAGE'S LYLE SHELTON LIVERS A SPEECH TO THE NO MP ON WEDNDAY. SOURCE: GETTY IMAGMR TURNBULL HAS DITED HIS PREFERENCE FOR THE SMH BILL, WHICH HAS BEEN -SPONSORED BY LABOR AND THE GREENS."THE SMH BILL HAS THE ADVANTAGE OF HAVG BEEN AROUND FOR SOME MONTHS NOW. EVERYONE IS FAIAR WH , HAS A WI GREE OF SUPPORT ACROSS THE CHAMBERS," HE SAID.BUT MR TURNBULL DID NOT LE OUT AMENDMENTS TO THE WORDG."OF URSE THERE'S THE OPPORTUNY TO MOVE AMENDMENTS AND IMPROVE ," HE SAID. SENATOR DEAN SMH HIMSELF SAID CHANG ULD BE NSIRED, BUT UTNED AGAST THE PROVISNS THE NSERVATIV' BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW SERVICE PROVIRS TO DISCRIMATE AGAST SAME-SEX UPL WHO WERE PLANNG THEIR WEDDGS. "IF THERE ARE AMENDMENTS, LET'S SEE THEM. BUT LET'S BE VERY CLEAR ABOUT THIS: ATRALIANS DID NOT PARTICIPATE A SURVEY TO HAVE ONE DISCRIMATN PLANK REMOVED, TO HAVE OTHER PLANKS OF DISCRIMATN PILED UPON THEM," SENATOR SMH SAID. ATTORNEY-GENERAL GEE BRANDIS SAID HE WOULD SUPPORT AN AMENMENT THAT ALLOWED CIVIL CELEBRANTS - AS WELL AS RELIG CELEBRANTS - TO REFE TO MARRY SAME-SEX UPL. SOURCE: ABS SOURCE: ABS'DEMOCRACY HASN'T GONE OUR WAY'LYLE SHELTON, THE HEAD OF THE ATRALIAN CHRISTIAN LOBBY AND SPOKMAN FOR THE NO MPAIGN, SAID THE RULT WAS "CISIVE" AND NGRATULATED THE OPPOSG MPAIGN ON THEIR VICTORY."DEMOCRACY HASN'T GONE OUR WAY TODAY BUT I THANK GOD THAT WE LIVE A EE AND OPEN AND MOCRATIC SOCIETY AND I TST THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ENERGISED BY THIS MPAIGN WILL NTUE TO PARTICIPATE OUR MOCRACY," HE SAID.HE CREDED THE VICTORY TO A LONG-NNG AND VIGORO Y MPAIGN."AS EVERYONE WILL KNOW, THEY HAVE BEEN MPAIGNG FOR AT LEAST A ," MR SHELTON SAID. "THIS IS A MOCRACY. THEY HAVE BEEN RELENTLS THIS AND THEY HAVE SEEN THE U OF THEIR RELENTLSNS."BUT HE SAID THE NO MPAIGN'S EFFORTS WOULD NOW REFOC "ON THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCS".MR SHELTON SCRIBED THE RELIG PROTECTNS THE NOW-ABANDONED PATERSON BILL AS THE "BARE MIMUM".LIBERAL MP CRAIG KELLY, WHO SUPPORTED THE NO VOTE, SAID HE WOULD VOTE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE THE PARLIAMENT BEE A 58 PER CENT MAJORY HIS ELECTORATE OF HUGH VOTED Y. FELLOW LIBERAL MP KEV ANDREWS, WHO SUPPORTED THE NO MPAIGN, SAID BAKERS SHOULD BE GIVEN THE RIGHT TO REFE TO SERVICE SAME-SEX WEDDGS. HE SAID A GAY BAKER OR A JEWISH BAKER SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO REFE TO SERVICE AN ISLAMIC WEDDG TOO, AND VICE VERSA. "IT HAS TO BE NSISTENT," HE SAID.STRONG NO VOTE WTERN SYDNEY SEATS HELD BY LABORAROUND THE UNTRY, 133 ELECTORAT VOTED Y WHILE 17 VOTED NO.BUT SOME OF THE STRONGT NO RULTS WERE LABOR SEATS, SPE THE PARTY'S OFFICIAL ELECTN PROMISE TO SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.TEN OF THE NO-VOTG SEATS WERE LOTED WT AND SOUTH-WT SYDNEY.SUPPORT FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WAS LOWT THE LABOR MP JASON CLARE'S SEAT OF BLAXLAND, WHERE JT 26 PER CENT OF VOTERS WANTED THE LAW TO CHANGE.IN ADJACENT WATSON, ALSO SYDNEY'S SOUTH-WT, ONLY 30 PER CENT VOTED Y.WATSON'S LOL MP IS LABOR'S TONY BURKE, WHO SAID HE WOULD STILL BE SUPPORTG THE Y POSN THE PARLIAMENT."I WENT TO THE LAST ELECTN WH A MMENT TO VOTE Y. THAT DON'T CHANGE," MR BURKE SAID."MY MUNY KNOWS THAT IF THEY ARE TREATED WH PREJUDICE, VILIFIED OR MARGALISED ANY WAY I WILL STAND UP FOR THEM REGARDLS OF POLLS. THE SAME APPLI TO THIS ISSUE."TIMELE OF SAME-SEX RIGHTS ATRALIA1961: ATRALIA TRODUC S FIRST MARRIAGE ACT, BUT DO NOT CLU A FORMAL FN OF MARRIAGE1975: SOUTH ATRALIA BE THE FIRST STATE TO CRIMALISE MALE HOMOSEXUALY1976-1997: OTHER STAT AND TERRORI CRIMALISE MALE HOMOSEXUALY2004: THE MARRIAGE ACT IS AMEND TO ADD THE FN THAT "MARRIAGE MEANS THE UNN OF A MAN AND A WOMAN TO THE EXCLN OF ALL OTHERS"2009: DE FACTO UPL ARE GIVEN SIAR RIGHTS TO THOSE WHO ARE MARRIED2013: FERAL LABOR ERNMENT MAK UNLAWFUL TO DISCRIMATE AGAST LGBTIQ (LBIAN, GAY, BI, TRANS, TERSEX, QUEER) PEOPLE2015: CONSERVATIVE ALN ERNMENT MS TO A NATNAL PLEBISCE PROPOSAL ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGENOVEMBER 2016: UPPER HOE SENATE REBUFFS THE ERNMENT'S PLANS FOR A NATNAL PLEBISCE ON GAY UNNSAUGT 2017: SENATE KNOCKS BACKS NATNAL PLEBISCE PROPOSAL AGA, ERNMENT PH AHEAD WH A NATNAL VOLUNTARY POSTAL VOTESEPTEMBER 2017: BALLOT PAPERS FOR THE POSTAL VOTE ARE SENT OUTNOVEMBER 15, 2017: SOME 61.6 PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE ATRALIANS VOTE FAVOUR OF CHANGG THE LAW TO ALLOW SAME-SEX UPL TO MARRY- OM AFPSHARE8 M READPUBLISHED 15 NOVEMBER 2017 10:04AMUPDATED 15 NOVEMBER 2017 7:46PMBY JAM ELTON-PYMTAGSATRALIASHARE THIS WH FAY AND IENDSCOPY LKSHAREREMEND FOR YOU
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).
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.