by John | Nov 10, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates say Labor right wing power-broker, Joe De Bruyn is wrong to claim Labor will lose seats if it backs same-sex marriage. Australian Marriage Equality National Convener, Alex Greenwich, said a recent national poll of voters by Galaxy research...
by John | Nov 10, 2011 | Australian news, News
LABOR’S powerful Catholic Right has warned the party faces electoral annihilation if it embraces gay marriage in its platform, as sections of the Left push for outright endorsement of same-sex unions rather than a conscience vote on the issue. Right-wing...
by John | Nov 10, 2011 | Australian news, Events, News
Denying gay people the right to marry is denying their full humanity, according to philosopher and author Raimond Gaita. In a preview of the Herbert and Valmae Freilich Foundation Annual Lecture in Bigotry and Intolerance, Mr Gaita said people who supported civil...
by John | Nov 10, 2011 | Australian news, News
THE push for a compromise to defuse the gay marriage issue at next month’s ALP conference is facing resistance from the party’s Left. A Left convener, Doug Cameron, yesterday joined Mental Health Minister Mark Butler in saying that a conscience vote for...
by John | Nov 9, 2011 | Australian news, News
In the audience for a special night with screen legend Joan Collins in Sydney this week was a prominent same-sex marriage activist who’ll take any opportunity for a good celebrity quote for the cause. The five-times-married actress is in Australia for gossipy talks...
