Gay and marriage rights in Australia: A timeline

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Australians have voted overwhelmingly in favour of same-sex marriage, in a historic nationwide survey that will now go to parliament to give it the force of law. Nearly 80 percent of eligible voters took part in the two-month postal survey, with 61.6 percent of respondents saying “yes” to gay unions, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.

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