Supporters of same-sex marriage were right to be suspicious when former prime minister Tony Abbott proposed the plebiscite in 2015. There is no doubt a
plebiscite would have been a divisive and unnecessary distraction from the real issues facing Australia.

But the plebiscite was not a distraction. It was a distraction from the real issues.

The plebiscite was a distraction from the real issues.

The plebiscite