by John | Jul 14, 2012 | Australian commentary
On same-sex marriage, the leaders of Australia’s biggest political parties are defying the tide of history. What do slavery, wife beating and child labour have in common? All were once mainstream practices in Western countries. Today, they are unacceptable...
by John | Jul 12, 2012 | Australian commentary
Political parties stay wed to unpopular policies due to election pledges given to lobby groups perceived to be powerful at the time. Malcolm Turnbull has made a significant contribution to the same-sex marriage debate in his Michael Kirby lecture, which was reproduced...
by John | Jul 10, 2012 | Australian commentary
Andrew Bolt has had a go at my gay marriage speech in his blog today. As far as I can see he has two points to make. First he says that if you recognised gay unions with the title of marriage you open the door to polygamy. This is the weakest and worst sort of...
by Alex Greenwich | Jul 9, 2012 | Australian commentary
The following article was first published on the Drum. In his recent Michael Kirby Lecture, Malcolm Turnbull made an excellent case for same-sex marriage that came to an appalling conclusion, civil unions. Part of the problem is that Turnbull has his facts wrong. For...
by John | Jun 25, 2012 | Australian commentary
THERE are members of the Coalition who struggle with same-sex marriage for a variety of reasons. One of the questions in their minds will be: how can we support something introduced by the Greens? Surely what we are doing is simply helping to advance their radical...
by John | Jun 23, 2012 | Australian commentary
One hundred years ago, prelates and parsons and other assorted killjoys were up in arms against a frightful evil sweeping the Western world. “It is revolting and disgusting. Only those persons who have lost all moral sense can endure it,” thundered...
