by Alex Greenwich | Jul 2, 2011 | Australian news, News
Queensland women are much more likely to support same sex marriage than men, a new statewide poll has revealed. The phone poll, conducted by ReachTEL, revealed 55.9 per cent of women were in favour of equal marriage rights. Of those women, 31.8 per cent were strongly...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 2, 2011 | Australian commentary
We’ve all witnessed recently how quickly, in the hands of politicians, the great moral challenges of our time reduce into simple sums about jobs and dollars. Where moral arguments fail to excite politicians, economic arguments are never far from mind. Advocates...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 1, 2011 | AME resources
AME Health Fact Sheet There is a direct relationship between allowing same-sex couples to marry and better health outcomes for gay and lesbian Australians and their families. AME has produced a fact sheet which outlines what this relationship is. It can be accessed by...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 1, 2011 | Australian commentary
Maybe that’s how Frank Sinatra would have sung his most famous song ‘New York, New York’. The city that never sleeps has proven it’s the best place for the statue of freedom. After years of lobbying and campaigning same-sex couples have made it...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 30, 2011 | News
State of the Union: In the first of a two-part series examining the issue of same sex marriage, Compass meets three couples who would dearly like to get married – if only they could. Every day of every year somewhere, sometime, someone is getting married. This...