by Alex Greenwich | Jan 23, 2011 | Australian commentary
Freelance writer, Paul Malone, explains why he believes the right to decide how we die is more important than the right to decide who we marry. *** Anyone following the media coverage of the most recent federal election could be forgiven for believing gay marriage was...
by Alex Greenwich | Jan 22, 2011 | Overseas commentary
The following article by American academic, John Corvino, dismantles the most comprehensive case yet put forward by those opponents of marriage equality who argue “natural law” dictates marriage must be heterosexual (procreative and lifelong). *** The...
by Alex Greenwich | Jan 22, 2011 | Overseas commentary
Less than a month after President Obama repealed “don’t ask, don’t tell,” his Justice Department filed its latest brief defending the so-called Defense of Marriage Act – the law that makes gay Americans second-class citizens by outlawing...
by Alex Greenwich | Jan 21, 2011 | Australian news, News
Professor Kerryn Phelps is the latest name to be added to the New Mardi Gras Queer Thinking line-up. Phelps will join GLBTQ and human rights activists Peter Tatchell on stage as he speaks his mind about the campaign for equal marriage rights. Tatchell is a...
by Alex Greenwich | Jan 21, 2011 | Overseas commentary
In celebration of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Freedom to Marry Executive Director Evan Wolfson was invited to the University of Michigan Law School to deliver a keynote address on the struggle for civil rights in the context of marriage for same-sex couples. Wolfson...