by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Wallabies flanker David Pocock has given his backing to same-sex marriage in Australia as social media users urge political leaders to follow the lead of British MPs in supporting gay couples’ right to wed. British MPs voted 400 to 175 in favour of the Marriage...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian Greens, Australian news, News
A motion to congratulate British PM David Cameron on successfully introducing marriage equality legislation has been roundly defeated in the Senate today, prompting the Australian Greens to lash out at the “hypocrisy” of the Labor Party. Greens Senator...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Fr Bernard McGrath’s letter to the editor (“Foundations of family life under threat”, February 2) is yet another example of the clergy struggling to remain relevant in the face of their bigotry and ignorance. Father McGrath speaks of “free...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
In all the light and heat generated by the British Parliament’s same-sex marriage vote, it was the bellowing rhetoric of MP Roger Gale that stuck out, to me, the most. Gale howled down Prime Minister David Cameron’s new legislation, saying allowing same sex couples to...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Two women wanted to marry — one Texan (no gay marriage there), the other Australian (nor there). So how did the British help them tie the knot in Cambodia (not allowed there, either), even before the UK vote this week that paved the way for gay marriage? Continue...
