by Alex Greenwich | May 8, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Hours after the Delaware Senate passed marriage-equality legislation, the state’s Governor, Jack Markell, will sign the bill into law, according to Human Rights Campaign. That will make Delaware the 11th state, plus Washington, D.C., to legalise gay marriage....
by Alex Greenwich | May 3, 2013 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
AUSTRALIAN MARRIAGE EQUALITY Media Release Friday May 3rd 2013 Official figures show Aussies already travelling to New Zealand for civil unions. Numbers will sky-rocket when marriages begin in August. Official figures released today show gay Australians are already...
by Alex Greenwich | May 3, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Justices in the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Paraíba and Santa Catarina have ruled to authorise marriage equality for same-sex couples, bringing the total to 14 of the country’s 27 states to legalise same-sex marriage. The ruling by the Corregedor Geral de Justiça...
by Alex Greenwich | May 3, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Thursday, Rhode Island became the 10th state to approve same-sex marriage, and the Delaware Legislature holds a key vote Tuesday on the same issue. But Brian Brown, president of the National Organisation for Marriage, denies there is a national tide in support of...
by Alex Greenwich | May 1, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
A rift has opened in the marriage equality movement over support for a referendum. Until now the two wings – the moderate, sedate and respectable Australian Marriage Equality (AME), and the more raucous direct action-oriented Equal Love – have pretty much marched in...
