Original sentence: A popular mandate will provide an endorsement that parliaments can’t provide".In September 2015, former ABC Director and Chairman, Maurice Newman commented on the proposal to hold a plebiscite saying, "people of various faiths have been taught throughout history that marriage is between a man and a woman.Now these beliefs are pushed by the media as hateful and backward, and those who hold them are bigots.Surely from time to time, on matters of deep social significance, there is much to be said for a plebiscite.There’s a lot of unlearning to be done.Who knew