Earlier this year Galaxy published a poll indicating that 62% of people – almost two-thirds of Australians – support same-sex marriage. These results were consistent with previous polls. There is no doubt that the majority of Australians support same-sex marriage. Despite this, a bill that would have legalized same-sex marriage was defeated Wednesday in the House of Representatives at 98 votes to 42. Those 42 votes only represent 28% of the parliament. How can 62% of Australians support same-sex marriage, and yet only 28% of our representatives support it? Something is very wrong with our Parliament. Of course, the fact that the Coalition were not allowed [...]