And they’ve lived as a hunters/gatherers society for far longer. At what point do tax payers stop being the ones paying for them and they start standing on their own legs?

Yay, I hope everybody legalizes it one day, so then everybody could be who they are without difficulties

Well, there are a lot of other things that need to be accepted too, not just homosexuality.

Yeah, i didn´t mean it that way, but when it comes to homosexuality is still very divisive specially in eastern nations for some reason... It will still take some time to be fully accepted

Yeah, let’s talk about things that happened 40 years ago and ignore all the benefits they get now - abstudy, native title benefits, empoyers getting paid to employ aborigines, the fact that more money is spent on their education and health (even though their life expectancy is mostly due to preventable chronic conditions) per capita than other Australians.

If it’s divisive in eastern nations, wait till you hear that it’s illegal in Islamic countries.

I know that, which is even worse, killing someone because of sexuality sounds like something totally archaic

On a personal note, I am overjoyed with this news. It's been a long time coming.

I myself am straight, but I have several close friends and family who are gay/lesbian/bi, and it's always seemed so unfair to me that these lovely, kind people who pay their taxes and contribute to their communities didn't get to have the same rights as me. This means so much to them, and seeing them so happy makes me happy too.

Great news

Nice! :)