Australia's Labor government

There has been a lot of fuss and discussion – and rightly so about these comments here from Penny Wong and Julia Gillard’s ‘personal view’ that marriage is between a man and a woman.  But  how would a re-elected Labor Cabinet actually vote on marriage equality if the issue were ever put to a vote?

The answer may surprise you – and give strong hope of progress if we can get a real debate happening. Having dealt with most of these people in various capacities in the last 10 years, in my analysis there are Definite yes:  6, Probable yes: 5, Swinging: 3 Probable no: 7, Definite no: 0

TOTAL LEANING YES: 11  SWING: 3  TOTAL LEANING NO: 7 (full reasoning later in article)

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