by Jen | Sep 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
Impossible things are certainly happening everyday — Broadway’s “Cinderella” helped one gay man’s dream come true last week! After the Sept. 4 performance of the Tony Award-nominated Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, Jason and Kunai, a...
by Jen | Sep 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Marriage Equality movement is bolstering preparations for a post-election campaign to persuade Tony Abbott’s Coalition to agree to a conscience vote on the issue. Australian Marriage Equality national convener Rodney Croome will announce today that former...
by Alex Greenwich | Aug 14, 2013 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, Australian news, News, Politicians, Uncategorized, Who supports equality
In response to Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott, calling same-sex marriage a “fashion of the moment” and a “radical change”, marriage equality advocates say there is nothing trendy or radical about love, commitment, family and fairness....
by Alex Greenwich | Aug 13, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, Labor Party, News, Politicians, Religious leaders, Supporters of Equality, Uncategorized, Where do the parties stand, Who supports equality
Labor Senator Penny Wong has told Insight that she does not want a plebiscite or a referendum on same sex marriage. She believes the public discourse on same sex marriage lacks compassion and respect, and a referendum would likely fail. “I had to sit in the...
by Alex Greenwich | Aug 12, 2013 | Uncategorized
US ambassador to Australia John Berry has married his long-term partner of 17 years in a private same-sex ceremony in Washington D.C. The 54-year-old former head of the Office of Personnel Management – which oversees the US public service – is the first...
by Carol Burger | Aug 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
Several Aussies have taken to YouTube to express their frustration and reasons why Australia shouldn’t be left behind as more nations embrace same-sex marriage rights. Yesterday, marriage equality officially began in Uruguay and the US states of Minnesota and Rhode...