Instead of a binding referendum or a vote in Parliament, Australia is holding a nonbinding, voluntary, postal plebiscite to determine whether Australians support same-sex marriage legalization. For many young Australians, who support marriage equality by large margins, a vote that seems designed to limit their participation is having the opposite effect.
In its ruling on same-sex marriage, the Supreme Court tries to strike a balance between marriage equality and opposition to gay marriage from people of faith.