by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Bob Katter has seemingly come to the rescue of a pro-gay-marriage candidate who was asked to resign from the party named after the maverick Queensland MP because of his views on same-sex marriage. Candidate, composer and theatre director Steven Bailey told Fairfax...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
A TASMANIAN couple want to wait to marry in Tasmania rather than in the United Kingdom. David Samson is Scottish but became an Australian citizen soon after he arrived in the country 22 years ago. He had met Australian partner Kevin O’Loghlin while working in...
by John | Feb 8, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, Uncategorized, World news
The British House of Commons has approved gay marriage. The NSW Parliament will debate a bill embracing it. It is a reform issue which the national and Tasmanian parliaments recently squibbed. To be fair, unlike their predecessors and most states, at least they...
by John | Feb 8, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
The Greens will introduce an updated marriage equality bill into the Senate after the British House of Commons voted in favour of extending equal marriage rights to gay and lesbian couples. The bill was passed on Tuesday in London after the Conservative Prime...
by John | Feb 7, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
A conservative Prime Minister has stared down the critics in his own party, allowed a conscience vote and is now on the cusp of introducing equal marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples in England and Wales. Tuesday’s vote in the House of Commons has...
by John | Feb 7, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
The British parliament has voted to legalise gay marriage, after an afternoon of passionate argument. More than 70 MPs had their say in a lively, but mainly polite and very British debate, as hidebound tradition and Anglican values clashed with the principles of “live...
