by John | Sep 13, 2012 | Australian news, News
HEALTH experts say there is no reliable data to justify recent claims by religious figures that gay people are likely to die sooner than the general population, and that the health problems that do exist are a result of continuing discrimination. Australian Christian...
by John | Sep 12, 2012 | Australian news, News
THE controversial claims by some Christian leaders that gay men die younger than heterosexual men appear to have originated from flawed US research that was funded by a Christian research group. Sydney’s Anglican Archbishop, Peter Jensen, drew strong criticism...
by John | Sep 11, 2012 | Australian news, News
Northern Territory Labor Senator Trish Crossin is co-sponsoring another same-sex marriage bill in the Federal Parliament. The Marriage Amendment Bill aims to legalise gay marriage by changing the definition to “the union of two people, to the exclusion of all...
by John | Sep 11, 2012 | Australian news, News
Acting Prime Minister Wayne Swan has refused to say whether the federal government plans to overturn a gay marriage law that could pass through the Tasmanian parliament. Tasmania’s lower house last month became the first chamber of an Australian parliament to...
by John | Sep 11, 2012 | Australian news, News
A LABOR senator and marriage equality advocates have taken aim at Sydney’s Anglican archbishop, describing as offensive his comments about the health risks of homosexuality. Peter Jensen, during a TV appearance, backed the views of Australian Christian Lobby...
by John | Sep 11, 2012 | Australian news, News
SENIOR Labor figures are pushing for a vote on gay marriage, possibly as early as next week, to clear the issue off the agenda. But as five ministers argued in favour of legalising gay unions in yesterday’s parliamentary debate, the Greens’ Adam Bandt said...