Australia has voted to legalise same-sex marriage in a historic vote and (of course) the world has gone crazy with excitement in response.
A huge 61.6% of people voted in favour of allowing same-sex couples to wed, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics. While the poll is non-binding, the Australian Prime Minister, Malcom Turnbull, has said his government would aim to pass legislation in parliament by Christmas.
“[Australians] voted yes for fairness, yes for commitment, yes for love,” he said after the result was announced.
The result has been met with an overwhelming response: people have been celebrating in their masses in the streets of Australia, the Sydney Opera House has been lit up in rainbow colours and, of course, Twitter has gone crazy with excitement. Here are our favourite celeb reactions so far.
Self-confessed “Australian by association” Miley Cyrus shared the love…
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Sia’s reaction was simple but beautiful…
Haim were totally into the result…
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Australian icon Kylie Minogue said…
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Sam Smith was so happy about the vote, he reacted twice…
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Ellen DeGeneres put an Aussie spin on her response…
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Take That even gave a video response…
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Dua Lipa put it plain and simple…
Scrubs actor Zach Braff joined in the congratulations…
Singer Ricky Martin was super happy about the news…
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Australian singer-songwriter Brendan Maclean had some GREAT responses…
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Nick Jonas was definitely in favour…
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Ashley Tisdale gave us added inspiration…
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Lena Dunam did the maths…
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Actress Sophia Bush said…
