Originally Posted by
neville_nobody
So just hold a referendum. Easy democratic solution. Society has moved on apparently, so it will be a cut and dry matter.
I personally don't understand why they don't. There's always someone on TV telling me how the majority wants SSM, so just get on with it in the most democratic manner possible.
Every person has a fundamental right to marry to a partner of their choosing. This isn't a right that is put up to a popular vote. How would you like if your right to freedom of religion was put up to a vote of the public, with over 50% having to approve of a religious practice before it was legal?
Previously in Australia we had laws restricting interracial marriage between indigenous/non-indigenous couples. Those were legislated out of existence by parliaments. Those parliaments, in effect, redefined the meaning of marriage at the time. And a parliament can do the same today.