by Jen | Nov 20, 2013 | Australian news, News
Australia’s Parliament has returned with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and newly-elected Labor Party leader Bill Shorten locking horns on boats, debt and the economy. On the issue of marriage equality, the Attorney-General Senator George Brandis has decided to take the...
by Jen | Nov 19, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
A pastor who could be defrocked for officiating at his son’s same-sex wedding pleaded not guilty at a church trial to charges he broke his vows. The Reverend Frank Schaefer, 51, could face punishment ranging from a reprimand to suspension to losing his...
by Jen | Nov 19, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
Ten years ago today, the Supreme Judicial Court made Massachusetts the first state to legalize same-sex marriage. On November 18, 2003, the court declared, in an opinion by Chief Justice Margaret Marshall, ”that barring an individual from the protections, benefits and...
by Jen | Nov 19, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
A look at the historic November 18, 2003 ruling in GLAD’s case Goodridge v. DPH which made Massachusetts the first state in the U.S. where same-sex couples could marry. The video celebrates the powerful and beautiful decision authored by then Chief Justice...
by Jen | Nov 19, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Boston — Today, Monday, Nov. 18, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of a pivotal moment in our nation’s history. On that day, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court handed down its decision in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health, which paved the way for same-sex...
