MARRIAGE ALLIANCE
Labor and their fellow travellers, however, show every sign they will continue on their current path and ignore a “No” vote.
In the case of a “Yes” vote, the immediate future will be quite uncertain.
Until this week, one might have expected an immediate rush to back WA Liberal Senator Dean Smith’s same-sex marriage bill from a number of quarters, including Labor.
But that scenario now competes with a newly unveiled bill from VIC Liberal Senator James Paterson — a bill which seems to have upset all of the usual suspects in a mere matter of hours.
Both senators were on the inquiry into a draft same-sex marriage bill in January — an inquiry I appeared before in Canberra.
It has wrongly been suggested that Senator Smith’s bill was the subject of that inquiry. In fact, it was the Government’s draft bill to be voted on at a full compulsory plebiscite.
Don’t get me wrong, though — both bills were abject failures at even remotely considering the freedoms that would be trashed if marriage were redefined. No wonder certain people are queuing up to support the Smith bill...
Senator Paterson’s bill, on the other hand, warrants careful consideration. I don’t want to see any attempt to redefine marriage — and I doubt you do either — but the Paterson bill is the only bill I’ve seen over the years that makes any serious attempt to preserve the freedoms we cherish.
While I differ with Senator Paterson on the substantive yes/no question, he has always struck me as a considered person — and I’m very pleased to see the depth and breadth of some issues he’s raising.

Dear Josephus,

We will know soon enough what the results of the
postal survey are. I believe that the ABS will
tell us on Wednesday 15th Nov. 2017. We shall
then have to wait and see what the government
decides to do. In any case - you can rest assured
that should the outcome be in favour of a Yes
vote - there are enough MPs who have expressed
their concerns regarding putting in place the
appropriate and necessary protections. I'm sure
that with time your concerns will turn out to be
unwarranted. Just be patient.

//The Canadian experience//

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOR38552MJA

Good thing we don't have to worry aboot being Canadian, eh buddy?

An overwhelming yes vote 61.6% / 38.4% with 79.5% participation. Now the politicians should get on with same sex marriage legislation ASAP. END OF STORY.

Tony Abbott's electorate of Warringah - 75% voted Yes.

Malcolm Turnbull's electorate of Wentworth - 80.8% voted Yes.

Melbourne and Sydney 83.7% voted Yes.

Most No voting seats were Labor held and located in Western
Sydney.

Also Tony Abbott's Yes voting electorate of Warringah was the
10th highest overall.

There's a clear message there.

It's very interesting to see the results state by state and
electorate by electorate.

Today people are celebrating, tomorrow the Parliament will
legislate - presenting the necessary Bill as a start this
afternoon. The Prime Minister trusts that this will all
be done before Christmas.

Yes,

Now that the plebiscite has been a resounding success, let's see whether labor and the greens can find any further reasons to delay the changing of the law.