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Mixed community reaction after Australians decisively back gay marriage

Australians have given same-sex marriage their approval with a 61.6 per cent 'Yes' vote in a voluntary survey. (AAP Image/David Moir) NO ARCHIVING

Empty bottles of champagne sit with rainbow Yes flags in them after the marriage vote result announcement during a picnic at Prince Alfred Park in Sydney. Source: AAP

Same-sex marriage campaigners are celebrating the historic 'Yes' vote in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in the government's voluntary postal survey. While same-sex marriage campaigners are celebrating what amounts to a major victory after their decades of campaigning to have the Marriage Act changed -- others are more cautious. 'No' campaigners point to the fact that the postal vote showed that more than one in three Australians do not want same sex marriage.


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Same-sex marriage campaigners are celebrating the historic 'Yes' vote in favour of legalising same-sex marriage in the government's voluntary postal survey. While same-sex marriage campaigners are celebrating what amounts to a major victory after their decades of campaigning to have the Marriage Act changed -- others are more cautious. 'No' campaigners point to the fact that the postal vote showed that more than one in three Australians do not want same sex marriage.



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