by Carol Burger | Nov 26, 2013 | AME media releases, AME Talks
Marriage equality advocates have sought leave to defend laws allowing same-sex couples to marry in the current High Court case against the ACT’s Marriage Equality Act. In a written submission to the Court, Australian Marriage Equality argues that the ACT law...
by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Australian news
“This is about enhancing my human rights as a woman who wants to marry her partner” -Darlene Cox Darlene Cox and her partner Liz Holcombe are making plans to be the first women to say ‘I do’ under the ACT’s new same-sex marriage laws....
by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | AME media releases, AME Talks, Australian commentary
A third of Americans now live in states that support marriage equality following the passage of the reform through the legislature of the US state of Illinois, sending a strong message to Australian politicians that they are lagging behind. Australian Marriage...
by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Australian news
Townsville’s Catholic Bishop Michael Putney says he finds a great deal of sympathy within the local church on the issue of same sex marriage. “There’s no family that doesn’t have gay members. “There’s no circle of friends that we...
by Carol Burger | Nov 4, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news
The Federal Government’s challenge to the ACT’s same-sex marriage laws has moved a step closer to a hearing before the full bench of the High Court. Last month the ACT became the first jurisdiction in Australia to pass laws legalising same-sex marriages....
by Carol Burger | Nov 4, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian news
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull has called for a conscience vote on same-sex marriage, admitting that the matter is ”very likely” to come before Federal Parliament this term. The call, which accentuates the distance between the moderate Mr...
