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[–] dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

In 2017 Cory Bernardi, an Australian conservative politician, accidentally ended up in a photoshoot organized by the Labor party to promote voting yes to the question "Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry?" in the same-sex marriage postal survey.

The survey had a turnout of 79.5% and the results were:

  • yes: 61.6%
  • no: 38.4%

As a result of the survey parliament was able to vote and legalize same-sex marriage. The survey results happened in November 2017 and same-sex marriage was legalized in December 2017.

See:

Bernardi accidentally walked through the marriage equality photo of Western Australia Labor politicians wearing rainbow "It's Time" shirts in Parliament House on Monday night.

Bernardi is firmly against legalising same-sex marriage and is campaigning for the "no" camp in the same-sex marriage postal survey.

Source: BuzzFeed News