by John | Dec 12, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
HUNDREDS of same-sex couples have flocked to get married in the northwest state of Washington on the first day possible after the state approved gay marriage in a referendum in November. At the Seattle city hall on Sunday, a parade of couples streamed through –...
by John | Dec 12, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
Despite all the changes in society, it remains the case that marriage is still seen as special. Nine out of 10 young people say that they want to get married. Marriage not only enriches the life of the couple, it enriches society. When two people love one another, and...
by John | Dec 12, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
Conservative firebrand Glenn Beck has joined a growing chorus of Republican commentators in defending gay marriage, laying out a strong case for ending government opposition to letting same-sex couples wed. “Let me take the pro-gay marriage people and the...
by John | Nov 7, 2012 | Overseas commentary
Whatever else happens tonight, I’m willing to predict that this is the last presidential election in our history where a major party candidate can run successfully by opposing same-sex marriage. And it’s about time. If President Obama is reelected, it will — at least...
by John | Oct 19, 2012 | Overseas commentary
In late September, Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, N.J., upped the ante in the hierarchy’s culture war against LGBT civil rights by declaring that those who support marriage equality should refrain from receiving the Eucharist. With somewhere between 52...
by John | Sep 27, 2012 | Overseas commentary
The Marriage Amendment Bill aims to amend marriage legislation to ensure gay couples are not treated in “a discriminatory manner”. It has passed its first reading and is now open for submissions from the public. In our next piece in a series of opinions,...
