Love wins: Guardian marriage equality forum feels the passion

From ‘gaybies’, politicians, writers and activists, the Why Knot? live event hears the same lament: until same-sex marriage is legal, misery will lingerAndrew Bolt derided it as a “leftie love-in” – a Guardian Australia special event on marriage equality featuring political leaders Bill Shorten and Richard Di Natale, and veteran campaigner Rodney Croome. Why Knot? had all the hallmarks. A progressive panel of speakers, check. Gathered at an inner-city theatre, check