Australians have overwhelmingly voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in a historic poll. The non-binding postal vote showed 61.6% of people favour allowing same-sex couples to wed, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said. The issue only went to a voluntary postal vote after a long and bitter debate about changing the law. "They voted yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love." The vote itself had been criticised by same-sex marriage supporters, many of whom said it was unnecessary when parliament could debate the issue directly.

Source: The Star November 15, 2017 01:52 UTC