AdvertisementAustralia Votes for Gay Marriage, Clearing Path to Legalization Image People celebrated in Melbourne on Wednesday after Australians indicated in a survey that they would approve same-sex marriage. “It could take years, if not decades, to win that back.”The record of subjecting same-sex marriage to a public vote remains mixed. In 2015, Ireland was the first country to legalize same-sex marriage by referendum, but the same year, voters in Slovenia rejected a law legalizing such unions. The United States Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage across the nation in 2015. Although legalization is not guaranteed, the results announced on Wednesday make the country’s path to same-sex marriage much clearer.

Source: New York Times November 14, 2017 23:08 UTC