Also voting Yes were the states of South Australia and Tasmania, whose senators included Bernardi and Abetz. (See the full results on the Bureau of Statistics website)Exactly three-quarters of Warringah voters supported the Yes side, with No only getting 25 percent of support in that electorate. Other politicians opposing marriage equality, such as Barnaby Joyce in New England, Scott Morrison in Cook, Ian Goodenough in Moore, Andrew Hastie in Canning, and South Australian senator Lucy Gichuhi, saw their electorates give majority support to the Yes side. — Ian Goodenough (@IanGoodenoughMP) November 15, 2017Morrison, who infamously claimed marriage equality opponents too had been "subjected to quite dreadful hate speech and bigotry" last year, said he "will not oppose any final Bill" and "will not be opposing the passage of legislation to incorporate same sex marriage into the Marriage Act." "The voices of the millions of "no" voters deserves to be recognised in the framing of any legislation.

Source: Huffington Post November 15, 2017 03:56 UTC