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Inquiry shows gay marriage support

By on April 21, 2012

Over 120,000 people have voted in favour of legalising gay marriage in Australia, as part of the House of Representatives inquiry.

From the 218,048 people who were surveyed, 58 per cent of people wanted same-sex marriage legalised.

About 79 per cent said religious ministers should not have to marry same-sex couples and 58 per cent of participants wanted overseas gay marriages recognised in Australia.

Submissions to the House of Representatives Social Policy Committee inquiry into the two same-sex marriage bills in parliament closed yesterday.

In a statement, Australian Marriage Equality national convener Alex Greenwich said no other reform had motivated Australians so strongly.

“Marriage equality is clearly not a fringe or minority issue – it is an issue which speaks to core Australian values.”

“No other reform has ever motivated this many Australians to engage in a parliamentary inquiry.”

“Marriage equality goes to heart of the nation’s aspiration to be a fair and equal society.”

About 2.8 per cent of the survey responses will be disregarded due to duplicate or invalid emails.

Final results are expected to be publised on Monday.

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  1. Dave

    April 21, 2012 at 11:41 am


    The Catholic Church has spent millions on this enquiry, trying to get their congregations to vote against equality. This is millions of our money as tax payers. We need a Royal Commission into the illegal behavior of the Catholic Church, crossing the line into a far right political lobby group. They need their tax and rates exempt status removed as they have broken the law. They once lobbied against rights of people of the Jewish faith, in Germany, supporting the conservative Christian movement of the Nazi Party. The Catholic Church leaders have once again broken the trust of many Catholics and the general population with their vile acts.

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