Positive outcomes from unnecessary surveys

[highlyeccentric]

I did not stay up late last night to get the survey results: consequently I missed the giddy solidarity happy phase.

I am experiencing some warm fuzzies that my home electorate came in around 65%.

In the last half of the campaign I have become increasingly convinced that major players in the No camp (not Shelton, necessarily, but certainly the Sydney Anglicans, and Bernardi and so on) were not expecting to win: they were laying out the groundwork for systematic anti-discrimination rollbacks.

I am very concerned about the impact this might have on the very systems where marriage is most practically necessary: medical and aged care, superannuation access, social services, and the like. The Smith bill is bad enough; I forsee many further amendments to it and am not feelin' great about that.

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[liv]

I'm so sorry that your country put you through all that awfulness. I bet you're right about the No campaign setting up for further regressive moves, rather than actually trying to 'win' the referendum. I'm a tiny bit happy for you that you got the right outcome, at least. And I hope this can become a much less prominent issue in your life now.