The people should certainly have a say on this.
But perhaps a constitutional referendum won't be needed.
Until Mr Rudd's blasting of Pastor Prater, he and Labor had been relatively quiet on the issue for the past few weeks.
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This was despite a flourish at the beginning of the election campaign when Mr Rudd put it front and centre with a bold promise to legislate within 100 days if Labor was re-elected.
As the polls dropped so did Mr Rudd's rhetoric on same-sex marriage.
Pollsters say it hardly rates as an issue in focus groups and it is a fair bet that political strategists on both sides of politics know this.
If the Coalition wins, it can rightly assess that this election was in part a referendum on same-sex marriage.
Legal recognition for same-sex couples has already been achieved. We don't need to change the marriage law so that political correctness can be forced on people like Matt Prater.
If same-sex marriage advocates persist after Saturday, it should go to the people – again.
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