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Celebs Are Celebrating Australia Saying Yes To Same Sex Marraige

Amazing news for Australia's LGBTQ+ community.

There is a very big reason for the LGBTQ+ community (and everyone else for that matter) to celebrate in Australia rn, and that's because they just said 'yes' to same-sexmarriage.

Celebs from Ellen DeGeneres to Sam Smith to Dua Lipa have been celebrating the outcome of thepostal survey, which was overwhelminglyin favour of legalizing it with over 60% of voters saying 'yes'.

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Aussie singer Troye Sivan is so there for the result, writing on Twitter: "LOVE JUST WON IN AUSTRALIA AND I’M SO PROUD AND EMOTIONAL," before later adding: "Proud to be a queer Aussie today n know that our country has our back."

Dua Lipa is clearly loving the vote in favour of new rules too, taking to Twitter to write: "AUSTRALIA VOTED YESLOVE πŸ’•WINS ✨."

The Australian Bureau of statistics said 61.6% of people voted yes to the question: "Should the marriage law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?"

After the results were announced, Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said his government would try to pass legislation by Christmas.

"[Australians] have spoken in their millions, and they have voted overwhelmingly yes for marriage equality," he said before adding: "They voted yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love."

Amen to that. What an amazing day for Aus!

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