by Alex Greenwich | May 4, 2012 | AME resources, Resources
The following address was prepared for the Senate Legal and Constitutional Legal Affairs Committee hearing into marriage equality by AME Board Memeber, Malcolm McPherson, on 3.5.12. Senators, thank you for inviting us to meet with you this morning. This issue is not...
by John | Apr 29, 2012 | News, Other resources, Resources, World news
The author of the controversial study on ‘conversion therapy’ for gay men and lesbians, Dr Robert Spitzer, has issued an apology to the gay community, and to those who underwent so-called ‘gay cure therapies,’ for having made the study public in the first place. The...
by John | Apr 17, 2012 | News, Other resources, Resources, World news
Opponents of same-sex marriage worry that extending the institution’s rights to gay people will harm heterosexual marriages. But a new study suggests that no one really believes their own relationships are at risk — only other people’s. The study is a...
by John | Apr 13, 2012 | AME resources, Australian resources, Resources
In 2012, the Senate Legal and Constitutional Committee held an inquiry into Senator Sarah Hanson-Young’s Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2010. Australian Marriage Equality’s submission to the inquiry can be read here. The following appendices were also...
by John | Apr 11, 2012 | AME media releases, AME resources, News, Religious leaders, Resources, Who supports equality
Advocates for marriage equality will tell tomorrow’s parliamentary hearing on same-sex marriage that Australia has a historic opportunity to become a more equal and inclusive nation. Tomorrow in Sydney, legal, religious and community leaders will tell a House of...
by John | Apr 1, 2012 | Australian commentary, Australian resources, Resources
Recently a group called ‘Psychologists for Marriage Equality’ was formed to draw attention to the link between marriage equality and mental health. People have been asking me why we have started a group called Psychologists for Marriage Equality and why...
