by Carol Burger | Sep 10, 2014 | Uncategorized, World news
After an eight-year engagement, actor Neil Patrick Harris married his partner David Burtka in Italy over the weekend, Harris announced via Twitter overnight. Harris, 41, and Burtka, 39, have been together since 2004 and are proud parents to twins – a boy named Gideon...
by jessarcher | Sep 2, 2014 | Uncategorized
With only 25 more Federal MPs needed to make marriage equality a reality, this is a critical time to support Australian Marriage Equality’s efforts to win those final votes. Show your support at our Melbourne fundraiser “Tipping Point”. Liberal Councillor...
by Carol Burger | Aug 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
Tasmanian school student, Lottie Frohmader, has made waves with her letter to Tony Abbott asking him to allow same-sex couples to marry (letter attached). In her letter, Lottie, aged 11, wrote, “I hope you think again about your law. What you are doing is...
by Carol Burger | Aug 25, 2014 | AME Talks, Australian news, Uncategorized
Hundreds of Australian same-sex-couples have married in New Zealand since marriage equality laws came into effect a year ago. In the first 12 months, 926 same-sex couples have tied the knot in New Zealand, according to the New Zealand registry of marriages. Of those,...
by Carol Burger | Aug 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Ten years ago today one of the very first battles for marriage equality in Australia was fought. It was a small, quiet battle between two same-sex couples and the Howard Government. It started in the Victorian Family Court and ended in federal parliament. And it saw...
by Carol Burger | Aug 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Josh Bradley and Luke Ryan have just announced their engagement. However, there is one problem halting their big plans: they can’t get married in Australia. The Wagga duo say they have about two years before their wedding day and have issued an impassioned plea...
