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Ireland gives resounding 62.1 percent 'yes' to gay marriage
DUBLIN -- Irish voters contain resoundingly backed amending the constitution to legalize gay marriage, leaders on both sides of the Irish referendum declared Saturday after the world's first national vote on the issue.
As the official ballot counting continued, the only doubt appeared to be how large the "yes" margin of victory from Friday's vote would be. Analysts said the "yes" support was likely to go beyond 60 percent nationally when official results are announced later Saturday.
Gay couples hugged and kissed each other amid scenes of jubilation at counting centers and at the official results center in Dublin Castle, whose cobblestoned central square was opened so thousands of revelers could sit in the sunshine and watch the results live on big-screen televisions.
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"We're the first country in the world to enshrine marriage equality in our constitution and do so by popular mandate. That makes us a beacon, a glow to the stop of the society, of liberty and equality. So it's a very confident day to be Irish," said Leo Varadk
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"Should the law be changed to allow homosexual couples to marry?"
Australia has voted 'yes' to help changing the law to allow same-sex couples to marry.
Key results of the same-sex marriage postal survey:
- 62 per cent responded 'yes' to the same-sex marriage postal survey, a total of 7.82 million people.
- 38 per cent responded 'no', or 4.87 million people.
- The total response rate to the survey was 79.5 per cent, meaning 12,727,920 people responded.
- The ACT registered the highest support for SSM, with 74 per cent saying 'yes'.
- New South Wales had the lowest support for SSM, with 58 per cent saying 'yes'.
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- The percentages in this article are calculated after invalid survey responses are excluded.
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WA votes for same-sex marriage survey, with second-highest articulate Yes vote in Australia
West Australians have overwhelmingly voted in favour of homosexual marriage, returning the second highest Yes vote of any state in results of the national postal survey.
Out of 801,575 votes returned in the mention, 63.7 per cent of registered voters indicated Yes, with 36.3 per cent voting No.
The result was behind only Victoria, which recorded a 64.9 per cent Yes vote. The ACT posted the extreme Yes vote of any territory, with 74 per cent.
'We're going to win'
For Neil Connery and Geoff Bishop, they don't need special treatment — just equality.
The couple were among about 1,000 people who flocked to Northbridge Piazza to see the results come in live at 7am.
"Relieved, happy, ecstatic, pleased it's over. We're going to win!"Mr Bishop said.
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See how people who reside near you responded to the same-sex marriage postal survey.
"It's peace of consciousness for me. We are finally going to be treated equally," Mr Connery added.
The Mandurah couple contain been together for 30 years and were married at the British Embassy in
Same-sex marriage survey results: everything you need to comprehend about Wednesday morning’s announcement
After months of debate Australia will find out if same-sex marriage gets a Yes or No tomorrow, following a controversial postal survey on the issue.
Voters had until November 7 to get their ballot to the Australian Bureau of Statistics office with early indications showing that as many as 12.6 million Australians voted in the survey.
The ABS has been busily tallying the results with the closing outcome and here is all you need to know about the great reveal and what happens next.
When will the outcome be announced?
After long campaigns on both sides, Australian Bureau of Statistics’ David Kalisch will reveal the answer to the $123 million question at 7am (AWST) on Wednesday in Canberra.
Following the announcement official statistics will be released to include a number of Yes, No and response not clear (informal vote)
The results of the survey will be announced on Wednesday November 15
There will also be a breakdown nationally and by Federal Electorate and state/territory. There will also be participation rates by age and gender for each.
According to the ABS howeve
Same-sex marriage vote results: The final countdown
History is about to be made in Australia.
At 10am AEDT the head of the Australian Bureau of Statistics will provide the results of the contentious lgbtq+ marriage postal survey as hundreds of thousands watch on at events across Australia.
But, whatever, the result,the fall-out from what has been at times a bitter campaign is set to continue.
The outcome will decide whether, as a nation, Australia joins countries such as Canada and the UK in legalising gay marriage or remain in rivalry alongside nations such as Iraq and Yemen.
You can observe the result reside on nine.com.au and 9news.com.au and on Channel 9 from 9.50am AEDT , plus stay updates leading up to the survey announcement followed by reaction and analysis.
Nearly eight in 10 Australians who received the costly ABS same-sex marriage survey form have already had their say.
The results of a Newspoll published yesterday points to a clear victory for the ‘yes’ campaign, with 63 percent saying they voted in favour of changes to Australia’s marriage law, while 37 percent said they voted ‘no’.
If the result is yes
Prime Minister Malcolm Turn