No won because the yes campaign was manipulative and deceptive, doing things like hiding the full content of the statement from the heart where it discussed reparation payments then getting Facebook to censor anyone who asked if it was being hidden.

But it sounds like you don't actually understand anyone's views, at is often the case for young people. There's just your initial reaction (correct) and "fear" (incorrect). Emotional politics at its greatest.

Thanks for this really interesting piece of information, I didn't know about this referendum in Australia. Another commenter said that a true democracy would disenfranchise minorities, and I take the result of this poll as a data-point in favor of that argument.