Sixty-one per cent is a good result by anyone's calculation, and hopefully that is that for Australia's same-sex marriage debate.
There was much criticism of the postal vote, but the turnout was high and the result was clear, so surely this is an excellent example of democracy well executed.
Hell, we insist on voting for hospital boards and councils, where hardly anyone turns up. Democracy is at its best when it is enthusiastically embraced.
I've got to say, I was disappointed at how many people didn't want a vote. How they would rather the government make up their mind for them.
Of course that was the way it was supposed to be, they only got to vote because Australia's Parliament is the most extraordinary mess, and a very good reason why you should never have an upper house. And all of that was before the nationality shambles came to wreck the lower house.
Anyway, the fear of a vote was driven by the fear of the quality of the debate. And in one sense those who worried, were right to be. It was a shabby little affair. Hijacked by the zealots and the barrow pushers on both sides.
But what price the freedom to have your say?
The very reason this particular democratic tool was used, the plebiscite, was because the government didn't have the numbers in the House.