{"id":373865,"date":"2017-11-14T23:42:51","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T23:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=373865"},"modified":"2017-11-14T23:42:51","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T23:42:51","slug":"australians-vote-massively-for-same-sex-marriage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/australians-vote-massively-for-same-sex-marriage\/","title":{"rendered":"Australians vote massively for same-sex marriage"},"content":{"rendered":"
Australians have voted in favour of legalizing same-sex marriage in a historic non-binding poll.<\/p>\n
The vote showed 61.6% of people favour allowing same-sex couples to wed, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.<\/p>\n
More than 12.7 million people – about 79.5% of eligible voters – took part in the eight-week postal survey.<\/p>\n
PM Malcolm Turnbull said the “overwhelming” result meant his government would aim to change the law in parliament before Christmas.<\/p>\n
“[Australians] have spoken in their millions and they have voted overwhelmingly yes for marriage equality,” he said after the result was announced.<\/p>\n
“They voted yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love. And now it is up to us here in the parliament of Australia to get on with it.”<\/p>\n
However Mr Turnbull, a same-sex marriage supporter, is facing debate within his government over what the parliamentary bill should include.<\/p>\n
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By: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australians have voted in favour of legalizing same-sex marriage in a historic non-binding poll. The vote showed 61.6% of people favour allowing same-sex couples to wed, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. More than 12.7 million people – about 79.5% of eligible voters – took part in the eight-week postal survey. PM Malcolm Turnbull said […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":373866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107,11],"tags":[1671,11642],"yoast_head":"\n