by John | Dec 18, 2012 | AME media releases, News
The newly-formed Victorian branch of Australian Marriage Equality has set itself an ambitious program. Victorian AME Convener, Carl Katter, said, “Support for marriage equality has always been strong in Melbourne, and we aim to channel that support into more...
by John | Mar 28, 2012 | Australian news, News, Take Action
ACT Liberal Senator Gary Humphries has told constituents who support same-sex marriage that he opposes a change to the law because marriage is a religious issue. In the letter to local residents, Senator Humphries said that same-sex couples cannot marry because...
by John | Mar 17, 2012 | Australian commentary, Take Action, Weblog
By Jacqui Tomlins, Melbourne-based marriage equality campaigner. Follow her blog here. It’s been an interesting couple of weeks in Marriage Equality land with some nice, and some nasty, stuff in the media – and not all of it coming from the places you’d expect. In my...
by John | Feb 26, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Below is a list of petitions currently running around Australia. If you don’t know your electorate, click here. To start a petition for your own electorate (not already listed), click here. For assistance with wording the petition to comply with parliamentary...
by John | Feb 20, 2012 | Australian commentary
By Jacqui Tomlins, Melbourne-based marriage equality campaigner. Follow her blog here. Last week I went to a benefit for the former Baptist minister from Lilydale, Matt Glover. Some of you might have read about him in The Age at the end of last year. In November, Matt...