by John | Feb 21, 2013 | Australian commentary
Support is growing for a conscience vote among Liberal Party and is an issue that could prove crucial come September. One gay Liberal preselected candidate is speaking out to Crikey. Momentum is building in senior Liberal Party ranks for a conscience vote on gay...
by John | Feb 21, 2013 | Australian commentary, Overseas commentary
For many years I wrote in defence of the traditional and religious definition of marriage. I spoke to and wrote for conservative and religious audiences in Australia and overseas. I tried to describe, and by doing so preserve, the meaning of traditional and religious...
by John | Feb 19, 2013 | Australian commentary
Support is growing for a conscience vote among Liberal Party and is an issue that could prove crucial come September. One gay Liberal preselected candidate is speaking out to Crikey. Momentum is building in senior Liberal Party ranks for a conscience vote on gay...
by John | Feb 19, 2013 | Australian commentary
Weddings used to be cookie cutter affairs, vows in a church then a chicken-or-beef reception. A waltz, a drunken uncle, sugared almonds. Now they’re wilder and weirder, and far more wonderful. They’re more personal, more personalised. On Saturday, at a wedding where...
by John | Feb 16, 2013 | Australian commentary
Any future changes to the Marriage Act must ensure it is gender-neutral so the law can reflect the fact that our biological sex doesn’t determine our personality, our relationship roles nor who we are attracted to, writes Ben Cooper. Continue...
by John | Feb 15, 2013 | Australian commentary
Australia once inspired immigrants like me, now it’s time for leadership in this country again. As a gay man living in Britain in the early ‘90s, life was tough. Just a few years before, the Conservative government of Margaret Thatcher had enacted Clause 28, banning...
