by John | Oct 28, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed the election of Australia’s first member of Parliament in a same-sex marriage. Former Australian Marriage Equality national convener, Alex Greenwich, who has been elected to the NSW Lower House in a by-election in the...
by John | Oct 25, 2012 | News, World news
A US pastor says he has been “caught off guard” by a massive outpouring of public support after a speech he gave on gay rights became a viral hit over the weekend. Phil Snider, from Missouri, gave the speech to Springfield City Council in August, where it...
by John | Oct 22, 2012 | News, World news
During an online debate on the issue, Ted Haggard argued that gay marriage should be legal. Haggard is the evangelical pastor who ran afoul of his Denver congregation after admitting to a three-year pay-for-sex affair with male prostitute Mike Jones. Immediately after...
by John | Oct 19, 2012 | Australian news, News
An Upper House MP under fire for opposing gay marriage says she respects voters’ right to protest against her position. About 40 people gathered outside the Glenorchy electoral office of Elwick MLC Adriana Taylor to protest her vote. They say Ms Taylor’s...
by John | Oct 19, 2012 | Overseas commentary
In late September, Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, N.J., upped the ante in the hierarchy’s culture war against LGBT civil rights by declaring that those who support marriage equality should refrain from receiving the Eucharist. With somewhere between 52...