Video Description: Over images of people campaigning for equality, images of the Australian parliament voting and passing the bill, images of people celebrating, and images of couples getting hitched, accompanied by lovely, soaring music, the following text appears onscreen: "Australia's MPs have voted to legalise same-sex marriage. The same-sex marriage bill passed overwhelmingly in the House of Representatives a week after the Senate passed the bill. The vote comes three weeks after 61.6% of Australia's voters backed the legalisation of same-sex marriage in a $122m survey. The governor general is likely to ratify the law within days, meeting Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's promise to get it done by Christmas. Same-sex couples who have married abroad will have their marriages immediately recognised, and the first same-sex weddings under the new law will be held early next year."
Blub. 😭😍🏳️🌈
[Video via the Guardian.]
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