As sometimes happens in politics, first you win the vote, then you win the argument. The defeat of bills for same-sex marriage in both houses of federal parliament was decisive. But debate on the issue remains unresolved. Why is this so?
Many politicians voted against same-sex marriage, because they had far more to lose than to gain on the issue.
Polling by the Ambrose Centre in late 2011 found that more Australians were “strongly opposed” to same-sex marriage (18 per cent)…
