by Jen | Jul 11, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Australia is meant to be the lucky country, the country of the fair go, says Melton’s Peter Ellis. But somewhere along the line we dropped the ball. Ellis’s half-Aboriginal family, and friends – both straight and gay – are longing for him and his partner Wayne Elliott...
by Jen | Jul 10, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed a change of heart on the issue by prominent Catholic priest and lawyer, Fr Frank Brennan SJ. Fr Brennan is professor of law at the Australian Catholic University and has previously opposed marriage equality, despite being a...
by Jen | Jul 10, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
The US Supreme Court and our newly installed Prime Minister have put their weight behind legal recognition of same sex marriage. Kevin Rudd before resuming the prime ministership wrote that he had ‘come to the conclusion that church and state can have different...
by Jen | Jul 9, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Ministers have expressed their sentiments for same-sex marriage. CHRISTIAN ministers have spoken out in support of same-sex marriage in stark contrast to comments from the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) claiming Kevin Rudd has lost the support of the Church....
by Jen | Jul 6, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
The President of a Progressive Christian Voice, the Very Rev’d Dr Peter Catt, has responded to the claim by Chris Meney, Director of the Sydney Marriage and Family Centre, that Christian voters could punish Kevin Rudd for his stand on marriage equality. “I...
by Jen | Jul 6, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Next week my partner and I are heading to the US. We plan to marry in New York.She’s American and I’m Australian and we are beneficiaries of the US Supreme Court’s recent decision to strike down the Defence of Marriage Act – a ruling that has...
