by Alex Greenwich | Apr 20, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
A high court judge in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has passed a ruling authorising gay marriage in the Brazilian statee Caludio Nasciemento and friends celeberate Rio de Janeiro state’s judge ruling authorising gay marriage The General Magistrate of...
by Alex Greenwich | Apr 17, 2013 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Media Release Wednesday April 17th 2013 Media conference scheduled for 11am tomorrow morning (details below) Australian marriage equality advocates say the achievement of marriage equality in New Zealand this evening will be a game changer in Australia. Australian...
by John | Mar 27, 2013 | News, World news
The gay marriage bill is safely through another stage in Parliament and only needs to pass its third reading to become law. During its committee stage this evening opponents put up a raft of amendments and all of them were heavily defeated. The vote that gave the bill...
by John | Jan 24, 2013 | AME media releases, Australian commentary, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
AUSTRALIAN MARRIAGE EQUALITY Marriage equality advocates have hailed President Barack Obama’s support for full gay equality in his inaugural speech, saying it directly challenges Australia’s national leaders to do the same. Mr Obama, who declared his...
by John | Jan 17, 2013 | Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, Politicians, Who supports equality, World news
A total of 330 MPs have confirmed they will vote in favor of same-sex marriage legislation when it is introduced at Westminster later this year. In contrast, just 126 Members of Parliament (MPs) have publicly stated that they remain opposed to a change in the law,...