Australia votes ‘yes’ to allow same-sex marriage

Published November 15, 2017 12:20am ET



Australian same-sex couples could wed by Christmas following the country overwhelmingly voting in favor of changing federal marriage laws.

Of Australians eligible to cast a ballot in the postal survey, 61.6 percent said “yes” to amending the definition of marriage whereas 38.4 percent responded “no,” according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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