by John | May 22, 2012 | Australian commentary
The relationship between Australia and its LGBTI minority is undergoing a rapid and remarkable transformation. Where once our fundamental rights were at best acknowledged by the mainstream, they are now being actively defended. An example is the overwhelming response...
by John | May 22, 2012 | Australian commentary
Midway through the final quarter of the grand final between Christians and Jews who believe homosexuality to be an abomination and those who don’t, the wind has changed direction. Progressives suddenly find themselves kicking with a stiffening breeze. And although...
by John | May 22, 2012 | Australian commentary
The American civil rights movement was a colourful but hollow distraction from the far more important issue of America’s war in Vietnam, and that is why presidents Kennedy and Johnson supported it. If you find this statement trite, offensive and wrong then you...
by John | May 19, 2012 | Australian commentary
IT’S hard to imagine anyone in Australia actually believes Julia Gillard’s firm personal conviction is that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. A young woman raised in libertarian South Australia, Gillard moved to Melbourne and slotted into...
by John | May 18, 2012 | Australian commentary
We all need to thank Joe Hockey. His performance on the most recent episode of Q&A on ABC TV has demonstrated the moral and logical blackhole pulsing in the centre of “arguments” against gay marriage. With one simple, graceless and insulting attack on...
by John | May 18, 2012 | Australian commentary
This week, a special head to head issue. Two sides. Two very different perspectives. Favouring legalisation, Louise O’Shea from Equal Love Australia. Against, Jim Wallace from the Australian Christian Lobby. But first a little context. Worldwide, same-sex...
