by John | Mar 10, 2013 | AME media releases, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Organisers of yesterday’s family-friendly marriage equality BBQ in Launceston have hailed the event as a huge success with a crowd of over 250 enjoying good food, music and weather. The event was designed to show community support for marriage equality ahead of...
by John | Mar 10, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Former President Bill Clinton, who signed the Defense of Marriage Act in 1996 barring federal recognition of same-sex weddings, called on the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn the law. Just weeks before the court takes up a case challenging the law, Mr. Clinton...
by John | Mar 10, 2013 | Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
HAMPDEN, Conn., March 8 (UPI) – Support for same-sex marriage has increased to 54 percent among American Catholic voters, a Quinnipiac University Polling Institute survey indicates. The poll released Friday, found 38 percent of U.S. Catholics oppose same-sex...
by John | Mar 9, 2013 | Australian commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
IN Ghost Wife, Michelle Dicinoski reflects on why, in this cynical age, anyone would want to get married, especially someone for whom marriage is not a legal possibility. As Dicinoski tells the story of her journey to Canada to marry her female partner, she...
by John | Mar 5, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
SPAIN: Spain’s interior minister has faced calls to resign after declaring that “the survival of the species” was at stake when he waded into the debate over same-sex marriages. Jorge Fernandez Diaz, the interior minister in Spain’s...
