(AP Photo)CANBERRA: Australians supported gay marriage in a postal survey that ensures Parliament will consider legalising same-sex weddings this year. A "no'' vote in the survey would have put marriage equality off the political agenda, perhaps for years. Thousands of marriage equality supporters waving rainbow flags gathered anxiously in city parks around the country and cheered when the results was announced. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, a vocal advocate of marriage equality, called on lawmakers to heed the "overwhelming'' result and to commit to legislate for gay marriage by next month. Some government lawmakers have vowed to vote down gay marriage regardless of the survey's outcome.

Source: Bangkok Post November 15, 2017 03:22 UTC