by Jen | Aug 28, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
The first gay couple to register to marry in Uruguay when a new equal marriage law took effect on 5 August, have married as gay rights activists celebrate in the country. Sergio Miranda and Rodrigo Borda married in Montevideo last Thursday accompanied by 30 friends...
by Jen | Aug 22, 2013 | News, World news
The online dictionary Macmillandictionary.com has become the first UK dictionary to revise its definition of marriage to reflect the change in the law allowing same sex couples to marry. The definition of “marriage” now reads: “The relationship...
by Jen | Aug 22, 2013 | Australian news, News, World news
Although his career’s been marked by scandal, controversy and plenty of gaffes, his popularity never wanes. London Mayor, Boris Johnson, talks to Leigh from Melbourne about his political life. Transcript LEIGH SALES PRESENTER: The current election campaign is...
by Jen | Aug 21, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
I want to start with a little history. I think it is necessary. On a cold Saturday morning in 1954, Peter Wildeblood stood in the dock at Lymington Magistrates Court in southern England charged with “conspiracy to incite certain male persons to commit serious...
by Jen | Aug 21, 2013 | Australian news, News, World news
G’day, Australia. Canada here. We’ve been following your federal election, and we need to talk. Until last weekend’s leaders’ debate, when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd announced that, if returned to office, his Labor government would seek to legalize same-sex marriage,...
by Jen | Aug 20, 2013 | Australian news, News, World news
THE world was watching but Speers Point pair Paul McCarthy and Trent Kandler only had eyes for each other as they became the first Australian same-sex couple to marry in New Zealand. Wearing matching pale pink waistcoats and black suits, they said ‘‘I do’’ just like...
