by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | Uncategorized
LGBTI activists that want changes in law also need to change their tactics. After the election of the Abbott government some activists pushing for marriage for same-sex couples responded with vitriol. Some plastered capital cities with posters declaring “F*ck you Tony...
by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, Uncategorized
Barry O’Farrell has said he opposes a NSW same-sex marriage law because only a federal law can provide “true equality”. But this ignores the aspiration at the heart of the marriage equality movement: that same-sex couples be allowed to legally marry....
by Carol Burger | Nov 6, 2013 | Uncategorized
Watch the votes for marriage equality come in at the Illinois House of Representatives. (November 5, 2013). The General Assembly today narrowly approved a gay marriage bill, clearing the way for Illinois to become the 15th state to legalize same-sex unions. The bill...
by Carol Burger | Nov 5, 2013 | Uncategorized
Sometimes someone changes the world for the better … one person at a time. A decade ago High Court judge Michael Kirby inspired the then confused, angry and suicidal sports journalist Andrew Webster to accept what he secretly knew: that he was gay. A grateful Webster...
by Jen | Oct 23, 2013 | Australian news, News, Uncategorized
Same sex marriage laws will be debated in the NSW Parliament next week after a group of MPs pushing for the reform received expert advice their bill can survive a challenge in the High Court. Labor MP Penny Sharpe – a member of the cross-party working group...
by Carol Burger | Oct 23, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news, Uncategorized
Two Couples Celebrate the first same-sex marriages in New Zealand earlier this year. The A.C.T. has passed Australia’s first same-sex marriage laws. The legislation’s wording was changed in recent days to improve its chance of surviving a Federal...
