by Jen | Nov 22, 2013 | Australian news, News
Having taken Eurovision by storm, Irish pop star twins Jedward have now lent their support to this weekend’s marriage equality rallies taking place across Australia. Here for a series of three concerts that started in Perth last night, the twins were earlier snapped...
by Jen | Nov 22, 2013 | Australian news, News
Governor-General Quentin Bryce has publicly backed both Australia becoming a republic and same-sex marriage in a landmark speech in Brisbane. Ms Bryce, delivering the final Boyer Lecture of the year, said she hoped Australia might become a nation where “people...
by Jen | Nov 22, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
In her first television interview since she lost her Prime Ministership, marriage equality was among the topics Julia Gillard has tackled in conversation with CNN host Christiane Amanpour. “Some of your supporters say, why did you not back same-sex marriage?” Amanpour...
by Jen | Nov 22, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
The Commonwealth’s challenge to the A.C.T.’s Marriage Equality Bill has left many same-sex couples hoping to marry in limbo. (Shawn Gearhart – Getty Images) With the High Court set to decide whether the ACT’s same-sex marriage laws can survive, Di...
by Jen | Nov 22, 2013 | Australian news, News
Author: Edith Honan Publication: Huff Post / Reuters Date: 21 November 2013 Illinois joined a growing list of U.S. states on Wednesday to allow same-sex couples to wed when Governor Pat Quinn signed a law making it the 16th to extend marriage rights to gay and lesbian...
by Jen | Nov 21, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
In a bipartisan vote being hailed by advocates as a crucial first step toward enacting marriage equality in Scotland, members of the Scottish Parliament voted 98-15 to move an equal marriage bill forward to a parliamentary committee. The vote, which took place...
