by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary
Former Victorian premier Jeff Kennett is now an advocate for same-sex marriage. It’s a shame same-sex legislation has not yet been passed in Australia, writes Natasha Stott-Despoja. IN coming weeks, the Federal Parliament will debate MP Adam Bandt’s Bill...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Director Stephan Elliott attended the annual marriage equality dinner at Cafe DOV in Potts Point. WITH marriage equality a hot topic politically and the federal election just around the corner, the annual dinner supporting the cause was bound to be a success. And it...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
THOSE speaking out for marriage equality were disappointed yesterday to hear an anti-marriage equality sign erected in Wynyard Tasmania had been vandalised. Australian Marriage Equality spokesman Rodney Croome said the vandalism did nothing for the marriage equality...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary
Lobbying and the election Last week I spent two days in parliament house with national PFLAG spokesperson, Shelley Argent, and AME deputy director, Ivan Hinton, intensively lobbying federal members. We found support for a Coalition conscience vote is rapidly...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
SOME advocates against marriage equality have controversially compared marriage equality with the Stolen Generations. Their case is that children are best reared by their biological parents, and the state has an interest in promoting so-called “biological...
by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, World news
But Mark Regenerus, the discredited University of Texas at Austin researcher who claims children are harmed by gay parents, has attacked the much larger study out of Australia. Despite the line being pushed by antigay activists, the world’s largest study of...
