by Alex Greenwich | May 18, 2011 | Overseas commentary
Proponents of same-sex marriage are only a few weeks into a new effort to pass a marriage equality bill in New York State by the end of this year’s legislative session, and already there are opposing voices offering civil unions as a potential...
by Alex Greenwich | May 1, 2011 | Overseas commentary
It’s not every day that a leading law firm fires a client for holding a position so extreme that it may be said to be unworthy of a defense. And it is rarer yet — unheard of, really — when that client is the House of Representatives and the position in question is a...
by Alex Greenwich | Apr 18, 2011 | Overseas commentary, Uncategorized
This article by Boris Dittrich looks at marriage equality in the Netherlands, ten years on. Ten years ago this month, when the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize same-sex marriage, most Dutch people were in favor of the law, but a vocal...
by Alex Greenwich | Apr 15, 2011 | Overseas commentary
US professor, John Culhane, asks a question relevant to Australia: why same-sex adoption, but not marriage? Whenever I speak about LGBT rights, audiences are hard-pressed to explain why almost all states allow gays and lesbians – single or partnered – to adopt or...
by Alex Greenwich | Apr 8, 2011 | Overseas commentary
This article by the Rev Candace Chellow-Hodge looks at what it means to be married, gay or straight: During a recent radio show appearance, a conservative pastor told the audience that gays and lesbians are unfit for marriage because “it takes discipline,”...
by Alex Greenwich | Apr 6, 2011 | Overseas commentary
In this article, US columnist, Stacey Oparnica, argues why civil unions are no substitute for equality in marriage. Debating whether or not to legalize same-sex marriage is not for the faint of heart. Oftentimes, it yields a firestorm of disputes about religion,...
