by Alex Greenwich | Jul 30, 2011 | Australian news, News
The Australian Rainbow Labor Network has welcomed the overwhelming endorsement of ACT Labor for marriage equality. Around 90 per cent of ACT Branch Conference Delegates today voted in favour of the following resolutions: Conference calls upon the ALP National...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 30, 2011 | AME media releases, Australian news, News
The ACT Labor Party Conference has passed a motion of support for Marriage Equality with the support of an estimated 90% of delegates. The Motion was supported by both the Chief Minister, Katy Gallagher, Deputy Chief Minister Andrew Barr, as well as Federal ACT...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 30, 2011 | Australian commentary, Overseas commentary
What’s more cruel and unusual: banning same-sex couples from getting hitched or pressuring them to do it at warp speeds (thereby depriving them of the lengthy fights over floral arrangements and weird furniture that are the birthright of every straight dyad)?...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 30, 2011 | Australian commentary, Overseas commentary
Former Queensland Premier, Peter Beattie, wonders if his opposition to same-sex marriages is “out of touch with community attitudes here and in the US”: Last Sunday gay and lesbian couples from across the US descended on the state of New York to legally...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 29, 2011 | Australian news, News
A survey of young people in the electorate of North Sydney has shown overwhelming support for marriage equality. Earlier this year federal North Sydney Liberal MP Joe Hockey invited younger voters in his electorate to share their views on a range of local and national...
