by John | Mar 13, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
MAYOR Simon Richardson’s bid for Byron to lead the charge for marriage equality in Australia will come before council on Thursday in what is shaping up as an important meeting. The gay marriage move as reported by the Byron Shire News last month has attracted...
by John | Mar 12, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
A LOCAL politician will seek updated feedback from the community on the issue of same-sex marriage in the next three months after acknowledging the limitations of a survey conducted almost three years ago. Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester said a new survey...
by John | Mar 12, 2013 | Australian commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
IT was late May 2004 and the tots of Australia turned on the telly to watch the ABC’s Play School, as they’d done each weekday since 1966. After a lively reading of The Very Hungry Caterpillar, the kiddies took a peek through those famous windows. The...
by John | Mar 12, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, Uncategorized, World news
Youth wings of the major political parties have joined together in support of gay marriage – almost. In a joint press conference outside Parliament today the youth wings of National, Labour, ACT, Mana, Maori, Greens, United Future and NZ First signed a banner in...
by John | Mar 12, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Parents of Gays and Lesbians in China Demand Their Children be Allowed to Marry Of all the ways a son can be disrespectful to his parents, argued the ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius, the worst is to have no offspring. Now, in a bold challenge to this centuries-old...
