They're all coming out of the woodwork now. After Abetz and Bernadi said they'd not vote for a yes vote by the people, now Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie has said definitively that she will not vote for marriage equality, even if the plebiscite gives a yes vote by the people.
This is what I've said from the start when Abbott first mentioned a plebiscite. There's no guarantee that the gov will vote with what the people want. What then is the point of a plebiscite?
Nationals senator Bridget McKenzie has declared she will vote against same-sex marriage regardless of the result of a plebiscite, in contrast to a colleague who insisted the Government was not split on the issue.
The Victorian senator has a record of opposition against same-sex marriage, but took seven questions to confirm her position.
The exchange between Senator McKenzie and media at Parliament House took more than a minute, but ended in the politician confirming she would vote against same-sex marriage.
"As a backbench senator, I can exercise my conscience on every single vote that comes before the Senate and I do," she said.
"I vote with my conscience on every issue and my conscience on this matter is that I would vote against same-sex marriage." ABC
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