Australia says 'Yes'!

So...earlier this year the Australian Government decided to hold a plebiscite to ask the Australian people if same sex couples should be allowed to marry. It was always a non binding poll and it is estimated that the cost of this was $122 million.Voting papers started to be sent out to every registered Australian Citizen on the 13th September this year and had to be returned by November 7th.I was unable to vote even though I am a permanent resident as I am not a Citizen.As you would expect many of the people I know and encounter regularly were all firmly on the 'Yes' side of the debate but social media was full of people against it and quite a lot of the 'No' campaign clouded the issue by linking it to Safe Schools and gender issues.Since 'Brexit' and 'President Trump' I dare not hope anymore or trust in people to see sense but the results were finally announced today.62% voted 'Yes'. (7.82 million responses)38% voted 'No'. (4.87 million responses)79.5 % of eligible voters took part, over 12.7 million people.In Queensland 61% of the votes received were 'Yes' and 39% 'No'. The Australian Capital Territory had the highest 'Yes' vote at 74%  and 26% 'No'. New South Wales had the lowest percentage 'Yes' vote at '58%' and 42% 'No'.Our electorate here in Queensland is Maranoa and it is one of the biggest electorates in the country. 44% of the votes in our region were 'Yes' and 56% were 'No'. It is no surprise. It was the tenth lowest 'Yes' vote in the country. The lowest was Blaxland in New South Wales where 26% of votes were 'Yes' and 74% were 'No'.The Prime Minister has promised to act on the vote by Christmas. He said the vote was a " yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love."