Thousands of marriage equality supporters waving rainbow flags gathered anxiously in city parks around the country and cheered when the results was announced. Canberra demonstrated Australia's highest level of support for same-sex marriage, with only one in four responses opposing it. 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. 'They voted 'yes' for love'"They voted 'yes' for fairness, they voted 'yes' for commitment, they voted 'yes' for love," Turnbull told reporters. Some government lawmakers have vowed to vote down gay marriage regardless of the survey's outcome.

Source: CBC News November 14, 2017 23:23 UTC