Congrats Ireland! First country to recognize Same Sex Marriage by Pop Vote!

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hsrob said:

curl-6 said:

Awesome news! The global march of justice and equality continues.

If only we'd had a vote on the matter here in Australia we would have had it years ago; the majority of Australians support marriage equality, its just the ruling government that are arse backwards.

And it's not likely to change in the next couple of years until we get a change of government, particularly PM. I don't doubt that it would pass here easily though.

Yeah, ol' Tony is on record saying he feels "threatened" by gays. 

And yes, it would easily pass; as of July 2014, 72% of Australians supported marriage equality, with 7% undecided and 21% opposed, plus support was trending upwards while opposition was in decline. http://www.crosbytextor.com/news/record-support-for-same-sex-marriage/