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Australia: Massive YES vote to marriage equality

November 20, 2017Socialist Party (CWI in Australia)

Thousands of people gathered around the country this morning to watch the ABS chief statistician announce the results of the Australian marriage law postal survey. There was a huge turnout with 79.5% of eligible participants returning their surveys. Of those, 61.6% voted ‘yes’, in favour of marriage equality! That is 7,817,247 people in support of […]

Ireland: Massive ‘Yes’ to Marriage Equality referendum

June 5, 2015Conor Payne

Conor Payne is a member of the Socialist Party (CWI in Ireland). Growing opposition to conservative establishment The Yes vote to the Marriage Equality referendum represented a huge vote in support of equality for LGBTQ people and in support of progress and social change. The streets of Dublin and other cities were packed with people […]