by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
Yesterday on my 3AW program I said I thought President Obama was brave for announcing in an election year that he supported gay marriage. That prompted an angry email from an American listener who argued that it wasn’t ‘gutsy’. That Obama had merely ‘flip-flopped’ for...
by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
The Herald Sun has reported (13 May 2012) that 22 Victorian doctors have come out in opposition to same-sex marriage on the basis that “the evidence is clear that children who grow up in a family with a mother and father do better in all parameters than children...
by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
Well. So Barack Obama’s finally come out. Thank god for that. Watching the man’s exaggerated nonchalance in the face of the gay marriage issue has been as sweetly awkward as watching a 28-year-old Harvard graduate pretend to his Jewish parents that...
by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
“I’ve always been adamant that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally.” – Barack Obama After “evolving” on the issue for a couple of years, Barack Obama became the first serving US president to make public...
by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
Why wouldn’t Tasmania enact its own same-sex marriage laws? The reform helps strengthen families. It would be worth at least $100 million to the state economy. It’s our best chance to exorcise the ghosts of homophobia past. Sometime in the second half of this year...
by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama came out this week (pun intended) in support of same-sex marriage. Wouldn’t it have been great in the land of the fair go, Australia, if one of our leaders had beaten the US President to the punch. Instead, we continue to listen to...
