Australia said 'yes' — 5 years ago today

The postal survey on marriage equality in Australia reported it's yes result five years ago today. Here are some of the best speeches of that period, and a New Zealand favourite from 2013.

It’s the fifth anniversary of the yes result in the postal survey on marriage equality in Australia. It wasn’t a referendum. It wasn’t a constitutional issue that required a referendum. Or a postal survey for that matter. Politicians could have sorted it out, made the necessary changes, respected basic human rights and fallen into line with a growing nu…