by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Director Stephan Elliott attended the annual marriage equality dinner at Cafe DOV in Potts Point. WITH marriage equality a hot topic politically and the federal election just around the corner, the annual dinner supporting the cause was bound to be a success. And it...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
THOSE speaking out for marriage equality were disappointed yesterday to hear an anti-marriage equality sign erected in Wynyard Tasmania had been vandalised. Australian Marriage Equality spokesman Rodney Croome said the vandalism did nothing for the marriage equality...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
SOME advocates against marriage equality have controversially compared marriage equality with the Stolen Generations. Their case is that children are best reared by their biological parents, and the state has an interest in promoting so-called “biological...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, World news
But Mark Regenerus, the discredited University of Texas at Austin researcher who claims children are harmed by gay parents, has attacked the much larger study out of Australia. Despite the line being pushed by antigay activists, the world’s largest study of...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian news, News
A BILL to have overseas same-sex marriages recognised in Australia will be put to the vote in the Senate by the Australian Greens before the end of June. Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young says Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott had blocked...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
PARENTS, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG) Brisbane president Donna Goddard recently spent some time in Mount Isa meeting up with the city’s branch of the organisation. Attending the Equality Fun Day last Sunday, Mrs Goddard said she was...