by Carol Burger | Oct 14, 2014 | AME media releases, AME Talks
The Tasmanian Parliament is set to call on the Federal Government to move forward on marriage equality. Former Labor Premier, Lara Giddings, today introduced a motion calling on federal Coalition members to be allowed a conscience vote on marriage equality, thereby...
by Carol Burger | Oct 14, 2014 | AME Talks, World news
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A federal judge in North Carolina has struck down the state’s gay marriage ban, opening the way for the first same-sex weddings in the state to begin immediately. U.S. District Court Judge Max O. Cogburn, Jr., in Asheville issued a ruling...
by Carol Burger | Oct 10, 2014 | AME Talks, World news
Whoopi Goldberg called the Supreme Court’s decision on same-sex marriage “spectacular,” and let conservative Christians know that marriage equality is coming — whether they’re “comfortable with it or not.”
by Carol Burger | Oct 10, 2014 | AME Talks, World news
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster says he won’t appeal a ruling that Missouri must recognize same-sex marriages legally performed in other states. Koster made the announcement Monday afternoon, several hours after the Supreme Court turned...
by Carol Burger | Oct 8, 2014 | AME Talks, Australian news, World news
A decision by the US Supreme Court has effectively legalised same sex marriages in five more states. (Transcript from SBS World News Radio) A surprise decision by the United States Supreme Court has effectively legalised same sex marriages in five additional US...
by Carol Burger | Oct 8, 2014 | AME media releases, AME Talks
Last night SBS2’s The Feed followed Australian Marriage Equality’s deputy director Ivan Hinton on his first trip in 21 years to his hometown of Tumut, NSW to confront memories of a childhood marred by homophobia. Mr Hinton said, “I grew up in a small...
