Gay marriage

Australians back same-sex marriage

Name: Australians back same-sex marriage
Uploaded: 2017-11-15T16:31:31.270Z
Duration: 2 min 25 s
Channel: Financial Times
Description: Overwhelming Yes vote paves way for legislation to pass before Christmas

Australia is on course to legalise same-sex marriage before the year end following an emphatic Yes vote in a nationwide postal survey on what has become a totemic issue for many western democracies.

November 15, 2017

Produced and edited by Jamie Han, Footage:Reuters, Photography:AFP/Dreamstime

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For the national results, yes responses, 7,817,247, representing 61.6% of clear responses.

They voted yes for fairness. They voted yes for commitment. They voted yes for love. And now it is up to us here in the parliament of Australia to get on with it, to get on with the job the Australian people have asked us to do, and get this done this year before Christmas. That must be our commitment.

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