How Australia's slow march toward same-sex marriage compares to the US

TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP/Getty Images This week, Australians overwhelmingly voted in favor of changing the law to allow same-sex marriage. Despite Australia's role as host of one of the world's largest LGBTQI pride parades, Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardis Gras, it has lagged behind other Western countries on LGBTQI rights, including same-sex marriage. While campaigning for LGBTQI rights has been an uphill battle in Australia and also the US, in 2015 same-sex marriage was legalized by the US Supreme...