The issue will now go to the Australian Parliament. In the survey, 61.6 percent of Australians voted yes and 38.4 percent voted no. “They voted yes to fairness. They voted yes to commitment. This was an unprecedented exercise in democracy.”Most members of the Australian parliament ― some 70 percent in both houses ― have said they will vote yes on a same-sex marriage vote were the results from the survey to come back with a “yes,” according to a survey from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Source: Huffington Post November 14, 2017 23:14 UTC