by John | Mar 4, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
ABOUT 100 people gathered in Launceston’s Royal Park yesterday for a barbecue and a show of support for marriage equality. Event organiser Margaret Hughes said she represented a small group concerned about the injustice of Australian marriage laws. “I...
by John | Mar 2, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
AS Sydney prepares for the 35th Mardi Gras parade, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has called on the federal government to better address legal discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. “There is no...
by John | Mar 2, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
The New Zealand MP sponsoring a bill to legalise homosexual marriage says eventually Pacific Island people will come to accept the idea. Opposition Labour Party MP Louisa Wall says while there is widespread opposition to gay marriage from Pacific church leaders, many...
by John | Mar 2, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Mar. 1, 2013 — There is no valid scientific basis for denying same-sex couples the right to legal marriage, or to deprive them of considerable benefits of the institution, according to legal briefs filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the American Psychological...
by John | Mar 2, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
WASHINGTON: Barack Obama’s administration has urged the US Supreme Court to reinstate same-sex marriage in California, taking a stand in a historic case that could lead to weddings of gay couples across the US. The filing adds a potentially powerful voice to the...
