by Jen | Oct 21, 2013 | Australian news, News
Much has changed since the Tasmanian Upper House narrowly voted down a Same-Sex Marriage Bill last year. Same-sex marriage laws have passed in Britain, France, New Zealand, numerous US states and several Latin American countries without the sky falling in. The ACT and...
by Jen | Oct 21, 2013 | Australian news, News
Tony Abbott’s gay sister is getting married. The Prime Minister’s sister Christine Forster has proposed to her partner Virginia Edwards, according to New Idea. Ms Forster, a Liberal councillor at the City of Sydney, allegedly popped the question to Ms...
by Jen | Oct 20, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Gary Sabock, left, and his partner, Joshua Bloom, were already getting ready Saturday for their marriage in New Jersey Monday. Romance and bureaucracy are rarely a good match. But this weekend, gay couples in New Jersey are hurrying to overcome administrative hurdles,...
by Jen | Oct 20, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Same-sex couples can start marrying on Monday across New Jersey, after the state’s Supreme Court denied Gov. Chris Christie’s attempt to block the weddings and suggested that he would have a difficult time winning an appeal of a lower-court ruling that allowed them. A...
by Jen | Oct 19, 2013 | Australian news, News
‘Hi Rob, if you’re available, I’d love to catch up for a coffee next time I’m in Sydney’. The message from Australian Christian Lobby Managing Director Lyle Shelton thudded into my Twitter Direct Message inbox unexpectedly one day. What...
