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Australians Support Marriage Equality In Postal Survey

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11.14.17 | 6:49 pm
Posters in Glebe sponsored by the Green Party promote the 'Yes' campaign. Same sex marriage 'Vote Yes' campaign, Sydney, Australia - 13 Sep 2017 (Rex Features via AP Images)
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians support legalizing gay marriage in survey, letting Parliament consider measure to allow same-sex weddings.
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  1. The knuckle draggers in parliament, having lost the non-binding referendum, are offering up a marriage equality bill loaded with “religious freedom” BS. It’s the same grift the world over.

    On the other hand, good on ya, Aussies!!!

  2. For a country that spends all its time “down under”, you’d have thought they’d caught on by now…

  3. In conservaspeak- Australians divided on marriage equality

  4. Whats next, mate? Roo’s marrying Koala’s?

    Crikey…

  5. Avatar for marvc marvc says:

    It might have been nice if the article had included the numbers from the postal survey. By how much did the Aussies support marriage equality?

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