by John | Feb 16, 2013 | Australian news, News
Bob Katter’s party says it is against gay marriage despite backing a candidate who supports it. ACT Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) senate candidate Steve Bailey will not be disendorsed, the party’s national executive confirmed after a meeting on...
by John | Feb 16, 2013 | Australian commentary
Any future changes to the Marriage Act must ensure it is gender-neutral so the law can reflect the fact that our biological sex doesn’t determine our personality, our relationship roles nor who we are attracted to, writes Ben Cooper. Continue...
by John | Feb 15, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
As a conservative UK government pushes ahead with marriage equality, Australian Marriage Equality’s (AME) new Victorian co-convenors say Australia is falling behind the times. Co-convenor Christine Cooke said existing opposition to the past marriage equality bills...
by John | Feb 15, 2013 | Australian commentary
Australia once inspired immigrants like me, now it’s time for leadership in this country again. As a gay man living in Britain in the early ‘90s, life was tough. Just a few years before, the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher had enacted Clause 28, banning...
by John | Feb 15, 2013 | Australian commentary
UK politicians have just said ‘I do’ to marriage equality. To win the fight here, Australian campaigners need to show they value marriage as much as equality, writes Rodney Croome The overwhelming vote for marriage equality in the UK House of Commons sends...
