by John | Jun 17, 2012 | Australian news, News
A Sydney Baptist Church pastor has spoken out against an anti-gay marriage letter that was read to some Christian parishioners this morning. The heads of the Catholic, Anglican and Greek Orthodox churches addressed Sydney church goers today, reading a letter to...
by John | Jun 17, 2012 | Australian news, News
GLAMOROUS newsreader Narelda Jacobs has likened the same-sex marriage debate to the racial overtones that used to stigmatise interracial couples trying to wed. Jacobs, the first openly gay newsreader, knows the pain her parents went through when they tied the knot....
by John | Jun 17, 2012 | Australian news, News
Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has released an ad calling on Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to support marriage equality or “get out of the way”. The ad comes the day before a House of Representatives committee will hand...
by John | Jun 17, 2012 | Australian news, News
After the success of his documentary The Doctor’s Wife, filmmaker Jonathan Duffy in now in the process of making a sequel, and he’s looking for opinions on both sides of the gay marriage debate. “I’m looking at marriage equality in Australia...
by John | Jun 17, 2012 | Australian news, News
FINANCE Minister Penny Wong has told gay rights groups and Labor party members that marriage equality is a “bedrock principle” and its opponents have nothing to fear. Senator Wong, who helped drive a hard-fought change to the ALP’s platform on gay...
by John | Jun 16, 2012 | Australian news, News
A parliamentary inquiry into legalising same-sex marriage will report on Monday. The House of Representatives committee looked at two bills, one from Labor’s Stephen Jones and the other a joint effort by independent Andrew Wilkie and Australian Greens deputy...
