1. Majority of religious Australians to vote ‘yes’ for marriage equality, poll finds.
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The latest independent poll commissioned by The Equality Campaign reveals the majority of Australians who are members of the largest religious groups across the nation intend to vote ‘YES’ in support of marriage equality, a press release from the campaign group revealed.
This comes a day after a mass marriage ceremony, held as part of a ‘vote yes’ rally, drew up to 20,000 people in Melbourne on Sunday – an event that saw speeches from comedians and politicians in support of marriage equality.
According to The Equality Campaign, polls carried out by Newgate Research showed 66 per cent of Catholic Australians would vote ‘yes’, along with 67 per cent of Australians from non-Christian religions and 59 per cent of Australians from a diverse group of Christian churches including Uniting, Anglican and Church of England.
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Someone tell me... if a poll has already confirmed that a majority of both religious and non-religious people will vote yes to marriage equality - why do we need this vote at all? #makeitlegal
#loveislove
because the dinosaurs in the government want to delay delay delay the inevitable. no matter what the result comes back if we have it theres no certainty they will even have a vote on the floor and if they do many have said or indicated they will vote no no matter what. they will do everything they can to not let it pass the house and if by some chance they do it will have so many religious amendments tacked on it wont be worth spit
They can't legislate for religion - it's against the Constitution
they can and will do things such as give exemptions for florists/bakers etc ... with deeply held beliefs and other things like that so they dont have to abide by anti discrimination laws we already have. there are a ton of things that dont need constitutional change. unconstitutional would be making them apply only to one or certain religions
They can't and won't give exemptions to those people - that is a completely separate issue to SSM and is already covered by the Australian Consumer Law which says you cannot discriminate on provision of goods and services based on sexual orientation.