Dear Is Mise,

ALL states and Territories recorded a MAJORITY YES
response and only 17 of the 150 Federal Electoral
Divisions recorded a NO response.

Nearly 8 out of ten eligible Australians (79.5%)
expressed their view.

And those my friend ARE the facts as given by the
Australian Bureau of Statistics.

//That ain't the facts as the whole population didn't vote//

They weren't all eligible. Does anybody really think it's a good idea to grant suffrage to small children? Thought not.

//nor did the whole of the eligible to vote population do so.//

Well too bad for them, they had every opportunity to do so. They probably just couldn't be bothered on way or the other.

There is no point in telling Foxy that 60% of Australians did not vote YES. She is incapable of understanding. There is thick, very thick, and then there is Foxy. I am very glad that we have Big Nana here to remind us that all women are not like the obsessive old vixen.

Well folks he's back.

Poor ttbn.

Stalking me again on this forum.

I am irresistible to him and he's
obviously a fan.

Get a life, you poor old thing.

"The ABS reports that more than 79.5% of voters enrolled with the Australian Electoral Commission submitted their form with a clear vote cast for either side of the debate.

Simply put, this means that slightly fewer than half of all eligible voters (49.0%) voted Yes and a little less than a third (30.5%) voted No. The rest did not vote or their preference was unclear.
..
So does this mean that we now know what all Australian eligible voters think about this issue? Can we conclude that a majority of eligible voters are in favour of same-sex marriage?

What the numbers can’t tell us
The number one point to understand about these results is not what they are telling us, but what they are not telling us. It is tempting to believe that the survey outcome means that 61.6% of Australians are in favour of same-sex marriage, and 38.4% against. This is not true.

While the response rate was high [as is usual for Australian elections], we know that 20.5% of eligible voters didn’t take part.
..
But all we are really able to say is that these figures (61.6% Yes and 38.4% No) are representative of those eligible voters who chose to vote, rather than being representative of all eligible Australians. These two populations may be very different."
http://theconversation.com/what-the-numbers-say-and-dont-say-in-the-same-sex-marriage-survey-87096

Stale news though. For the Left gender studies academics it is already on to the next big thing (wait for it!):....'Pansexuals'. Or is that gender fluidity? There is no 'slippery slope' though. Or is there?

Dear Leoj,

What does it matter how many voted when the question itself was illogical nonsense, or in the least misleading?

How can anything be legalised while it is already legal?!

How would you respond to the following survey question:

"Do you agree that the law be changed so that all triangles become triangles?"