I was so relieved when my country didn't chuck a Brexit or Trump yesterday morning when the Australian Bureau of Statistics announced that love won. We didn't have an insane silent majority, too afraid to let their bigot flags fly in public. No, the vote mirrored what you can see out in public, it was similar to the opinion polls. It's time for equality.Australia voted yes when asked the question should same sex couples be allowed to marry.
The postal vote really annoyed me, I've been married for 7 years, why are you asking me if another couple should be allowed to get married? It really is none of my business. Rhys asked me to marry him on March 29th 2008 and I said yes. I feel like that should have been the first and last time I had a say on whether a wedding should go ahead or not.
But if we're having a vote, I am voting YES. And I made sure that everyone where I was living at the time (mums house) voted YES too. Grabbing their mail, watching them tick yes and making sure that they were posted back that same day.
When the stats man announced that Australia had voted yes I cried. Relief that the world isn't as bad as I feel like it is right now. While I was easily able to get married, I still know what discrimination feels like, I know it when I see it. I know what it is like to be rejected from an institution because of things about me that are out of my control.
I hope that our government passes it into law quickly. I look forward to 2018 being the year of "I do".
Congratulations to the LGBTQ+ community.
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