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Small nitpick: it was a plebiscite - not a referendum. Our marriage laws aren't contained in the Constitution, so a referendum wasn't required.
Didn't even realise that, thank you.
With the sheer volume of political nonsense surrounding the question at the time, it sure felt like a referendum!