by Alex Greenwich | Oct 15, 2011 | Overseas commentary, World news
New York: When Freedom to Marry’s Evan Wolfson weds his partner Cheng He on Saturday, it will cap a long effort to win the right. When I opened the invitation my breath caught. “Cheng He and Evan Wolfson invite you to join us in celebrating our exercise of the freedom...
by Alex Greenwich | Oct 14, 2011 | Australian commentary
Reports out this morning suggest Julia Gillard’s staunch opposition to marriage equality is starting to give way. For her to make such a conscience vote announcement before the ALP National Conference in December would be the best indication yet that the adoption of a...
by Alex Greenwich | Oct 13, 2011 | AME media releases, News
Equality advocates have hailed a mass gathering of marriage equality supporters in Parliament House yesterday as an important step towards reform. More than sixty ordinary Australians from every state and territory gathered in Parliament House to lobby their local MPs...
by Alex Greenwich | Oct 10, 2011 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Mike Rann on ABC Radio’s AM program: “Last night Mike Rann used one of his last speeches as Premier of South Australia to urge his federal colleagues to embrace gay marriage. All the Labor Premiers, as well as Labor opposition leaders in New South Wales,...
by Alex Greenwich | Oct 10, 2011 | AME media releases, Australian news, News
South Australian Liberal Party Leader, Isobel Redmond, has become the second State Coalition Leader to declare support for marriage equality. In response to support for marriage equality from SA Premier, Mike Rann, Ms Redmond has expressed her own support for the...
