by Alex Greenwich | Dec 23, 2010 | News, World news
On the eve of signing historic legislation to repeal the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, President Obama sat down in the Oval Office with Kerry Eleveld of the gay and lesbian magazine the Advocate. During the interview, Obama...
by Alex Greenwich | Dec 22, 2010 | Overseas commentary
Historian Elizabeth Abbott wishes she had read her own book before she got married. The union ended in divorce, leaving her a single mother. “I didn’t understand the importance of financial arrangements. I thought it was crass,” says Abbott, a...
by Alex Greenwich | Dec 21, 2010 | Australian news, News
The battle for gay marriage in Australia is set to intensify in 2011 as campaigners from both sides of the debate lobby MPs in states where law reform has been signalled. The Labor Party is expected to readdress the issue at its national conference in late 2011, but...
by Alex Greenwich | Dec 20, 2010 | AME media releases
“Many Catholics will rightly wonder why the Church instructs them to lobby against two people making a lifelong commitment, when poverty, war and the plight of refugees remain such critical local and global issues.” – Peter Furness, Acting Convener,...
by Alex Greenwich | Dec 20, 2010 | Australian news, News
The Catholic Church is instructing parishioners to lobby federal MPs against voting for gay marriage. It has suggested they base arguments on the natural order and the importance of a biological relationship with children rather than on marriage being a religious...
