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During the last sitting week of Parliament before the winter recess, two polls were released claiming 1) that Australia had decided in favour of same-sex “marriage”, 2) that opposition to it had collapsed, and 3) that there was no reason to delay legislation.
This followed Ian Thorpe’s disclosure of his sexual identity in a paid television interview with Michael Parkinson, bro…