by Alex Greenwich | May 3, 2013 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
AUSTRALIAN MARRIAGE EQUALITY Media Release Friday May 3rd 2013 Official figures show Aussies already travelling to New Zealand for civil unions. Numbers will sky-rocket when marriages begin in August. Official figures released today show gay Australians are already...
by Jen | May 3, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Rhode Island lawmakers gave final approval to a bill to legalize gay marriage on Thursday, making it the 10th U.S. state to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples and the last of the six New England states to do so. Governor Lincoln Chafee, an independent, signed...
by Alex Greenwich | May 3, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Justices in the Brazilian states of Rondônia, Paraíba and Santa Catarina have ruled to authorise marriage equality for same-sex couples, bringing the total to 14 of the country’s 27 states to legalise same-sex marriage. The ruling by the Corregedor Geral de Justiça...
by Alex Greenwich | May 3, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Thursday, Rhode Island became the 10th state to approve same-sex marriage, and the Delaware Legislature holds a key vote Tuesday on the same issue. But Brian Brown, president of the National Organisation for Marriage, denies there is a national tide in support of...
by Jen | May 1, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Some lovely people in Ireland posed the question “What would it be like if you had to ask everyone in the country for the right to get married?” Here is the video with the result.
by Jen | Apr 25, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has explained the reasoning behind her personal views on marriage at a public forum. Ms Gillard believes marriage is between a man and a woman and last year voted against proposed changes to the marriage act in federal parliament that...