What India can learn from Australia's same sex marriage plebiscite

November 18, 2017 09:18

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 was a momentous day for all Australians. On this day, a majority of Australians announced support for marriage reform in this country.

Almost 62% per cent of Australians who responded to a nation wide postal plebiscite, voted in favour of 'same-sex marriage' reform. The nation-wide survey attracted a record high participation with almost 81 per cent of eligible Australians having their say.

As someone who participated in this survey and had the opportunity to let my opinion known in this matter, I personally feel there is a deeply harmonious societal messages that transcend the more obvious outcome of the survey.

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