Australia makes marriage equality official

Congratulations to all the couples down under who’ll now be able to get married and/or divorced like everyone else:

Australia’s parliament has legislated for marriage equality, passing a bill almost unanimously to allow two people, regardless of sex, to marry.

On Thursday the House of Representatives passed a cross-party bill after an unprecedented national postal survey gave unstoppable momentum to legislate the historic social reform.

Australia, which changed the law in 2004 to say that marriage is only between a man and a woman, now joins 24 countries which recognise same-sex marriage.

In return, my sympathies (not really) to all the bigots down under who ran a predictable campaign of lies and prejudice to try and stonewall progress just a little while longer.

(via Joe.My.God.)