Celebs Are Celebrating Australia Saying Yes To Same Sex Marraige
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 IβM 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 πWINS β¨."
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!