by John | Oct 6, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates say there is more support for reform than ever before and the federal parliament will move to recognise state same-sex marriages once they occur. The declaration comes in response to a statement from Opposition families spokesperson, Kevin...
by John | Sep 13, 2012 | Australian news, News
Prime Minister Julia Gillard cancelled her appearance before the annual conference of the Australian Christian Lobby, after the lobby’s founder and chief, retired Brigadier Jim Wallace, compared the health effects of homosexuality to those of smoking. The ACL is...
by John | Sep 7, 2012 | Australian news, News
Liberal MP Warren Entsch says an apology from the head of the Australian Christian Lobby would not make up for his “highly offensive” comments on homosexuality. Jim Wallace has come under intense criticism after comparing the health impacts of smoking...
by John | Sep 7, 2012 | Australian commentary
JIM Wallace has the right, given free speech, to say what he likes. Julia Gillard has the equal right to refuse to lend prime ministerial authority to a conference held by the organisation he heads. Of course, a PM’s attendance at a function does not mean...
by John | Sep 6, 2012 | Australian commentary
“But what I’m saying is we need to be aware that the homosexual lifestyle carries these problems and … normalising the lifestyle by the attribution of marriage, for instance, has to be considered in what it does encouraging people into it.” Say what now?...