by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Australian news
“This is about enhancing my human rights as a woman who wants to marry her partner” -Darlene Cox Darlene Cox and her partner Liz Holcombe are making plans to be the first women to say ‘I do’ under the ACT’s new same-sex marriage laws....
by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | AME media releases, AME Talks, Australian commentary
A third of Americans now live in states that support marriage equality following the passage of the reform through the legislature of the US state of Illinois, sending a strong message to Australian politicians that they are lagging behind. Australian Marriage...
by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Australian news
Townsville’s Catholic Bishop Michael Putney says he finds a great deal of sympathy within the local church on the issue of same sex marriage. “There’s no family that doesn’t have gay members. “There’s no circle of friends that we...
by Carol Burger | Nov 8, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, Uncategorized
Barry O’Farrell has said he opposes a NSW same-sex marriage law because only a federal law can provide “true equality”. But this ignores the aspiration at the heart of the marriage equality movement: that same-sex couples be allowed to legally marry....
by Carol Burger | Oct 23, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Australian news
The Commonwealth government has lodged a writ of summons in the High Court challenging the validity of the ACT’s same sex marriage laws. A spokesman for the High Court of Australia confirmed the writ was lodged on Wednesday, just 24 hours after the laws were...
by Carol Burger | Oct 23, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news
Tasmania’s Liberal Party shows no signs of backing the push to allow same-sex marriage. The Upper House will revisit the issue next Thursday, when MLCs will decide whether to revive a bill which was voted down last year. The ACT parliament yesterday became the...
