by John | Nov 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
The main stories coming out of the recent elections in the United States have of course been that Barack Obama won a second term, and which party controls the House and the Senate. However, the election produced a number of other interesting outcomes, not least of...
by John | Sep 23, 2012 | Australian commentary
The 98 to 42 defeat of the Marriage Equality Bill in the House of Representatives this week has almost been overshadowed by the circus that surrounded the lead up to the vote, including Liberal Senator Cory Benardi’s vile comments regarding bestiality, and...
by John | Aug 30, 2012 | Australian commentary
The Sydney Morning Herald recently published an opinion piece by Patrick Parkinson titled About time we all cared more about marriage, in which he argued that allowing same-sex couples to marry will diminish the institution of marriage. Our government should be doing...
by John | Jul 24, 2012 | Australian news, Events, News
Victorian State Director of the Australian Christian Lobby Dan Flynn will present the case against same-sex marriage at a debate on the issue hosted by Monash University next month. The topic for the university’s annual Pro Vice-Chancellor’s Public Debate this year is...
by John | May 26, 2012 | Australian news, News
A LEADING human rights lawyer has labelled an anti-gay marriage submission by a medical organisation as uninformed. Monash academic and human rights lawyer Paula Gerber has rejected claims by Doctors for the Family that marriage between a man and a woman “is the...