Politics

There’s Only One Response To The Postal Survey: Let’s Get This Done

It's time to call your relatives and win this thing.

by Sam Langford  7 September 2017

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If you haven’t heard yet, it’s official — the High Court ruled this arvo that it’s a-ok for the postal survey on marriage equality to go ahead.

It’s not what the Yes campaign hoped for — those behind the two separate legal challenges that were struck down today expressed their disappointment at a rainy press conference after the verdict was announced, especially about the fact that LGBTIQ+ Australians will be subjected to even more “respectful debate” in coming weeks.

But more than anything, news that the survey will go ahead has galvanised supporters of marriage equality to get out there and win this thing once and for all. In the wake of the decision, Twitter has been flooded with messages of determination and support from a community ready to put this debate behind it.

It’s going to be a rough few weeks for LGBTQI+ Aussies, but take comfort from some of these responses.

Here Are Some Of The People Who’ve Got Your Back:

There are, of course, also some meathead reactions. Like the Australian Christian Lobby’s Lyle Shelton, who still has not received the memo that this is not a referendum, or even a plebiscite, and it’s definitely not a referendum on education.

And then there’s the Libs who proposed this expensive, non-binding mess expressing pleasure that it’s going forward, along with grandiose statements like “democracy is an infinite good”. There also seems to be a trend emerging, where the people most in favour of the postal survey are also the ones least likely to know it’s not a plebiscite.

Jacqui Lambie, meanwhile, is surprisingly across the matter — check out this press release where she correctly identifies it as both a “postal survey” and “dumb”.

And of course, there are those who are just taking the opportunity to crack great jokes: