by John | Sep 30, 2011 | News, World news
Five religious groups are joining together to call for same-sex marriage to be allowed in Scotland. The Unitarians, Quakers, Metropolitan Community Church, Pagan Federation and Liberal Judaism are backing members of the Scottish Youth Parliament in their campaign on...
by John | Sep 30, 2011 | Australian commentary
The word ‘historic’ tends to be uttered a lot in the marriage debate and was duly employed last week when the Tasmanian Legislative Assembly voted on a motion in favour of marriage equality in Australia. This doesn’t mean Tasmanians can suddenly get married, just that...
by John | Sep 29, 2011 | Australian news, News
Tonight’s twitter forum on same-sex marriage reached over 20,000 people, and made thousands more individual impressions, with the former NSW Premier Kristina Keneally, New Mardi Gras and Australian Marriage Equality all taking part alongside high profile community...
by John | Sep 29, 2011 | Australian news, News
South Australian Labor MLC Gerry Kandelaars has used his maiden speech to call for marriage equality and changes to the state’s IVF laws to allow lesbian access. Kandelaars said his lesbian daughter Katie and her partner Simone should be legally allowed to marry. “In...
by John | Sep 29, 2011 | Australian commentary
Just over a century ago, the Anglo-French writer, Hilaire Belloc, declared himself “opposed to women voting as men vote. I call it immoral, because I think the bringing of one’s women, one’s mothers and sisters and wives into the political arena,...
