by Alex Greenwich | Jan 20, 2011 | Australian news, News
Archbishop of Perth, Barry Hickey, has asked for “the ready cooperation” of all Archdiocesan priests and deacons when the Australian Family Association approaches them to promote a petition in parishes urging MPs to protect marriage. Archbishop Hickey has mobilised...
by Alex Greenwich | Jan 19, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have called on NSW Premier, Kristina Keneally, to join Queensland Premier, Anne Bligh, and Tasmanian Premier, David Bartlett, in supporting marriage equality. The call comes in the wake of public support for marriage equality from NSW...
by Alex Greenwich | Jan 19, 2011 | Australian news, News
NSW Deputy Premier Carmel Tebbutt has come out in support of marriage equality for all Australians while revealing she supports civil unions as a way of formally recognising same-sex couples under state laws. The Marrickville MP made the comments in an article which...
by Alex Greenwich | Jan 18, 2011 | Australian commentary
In this article, Canadian religion and philosophy professor, David Novak, argues that marriage pre-exists the state and cannot be “re-defined” by it to include same-sex couples. ** The question of same-sex marriage concerns every morally sensitive citizen....
by Alex Greenwich | Jan 18, 2011 | Overseas commentary
On the ABC Religion and Ethics website, Professor of Jewish studies at the University of Toronto, David Novak, argues against marriage equality: ‘I want to change or undo those very precedents that have led to a situation where what might be called “the...
