Monash academic slams ‘anti-gay’ document

A LEADING human rights lawyer has labelled an anti-gay marriage submission by a medical organisation as uninformed. Monash academic and human rights lawyer Paula Gerber has rejected claims by Doctors for the Family that marriage between a man and a woman “is the...

Thumbs up for Scot’s gay stance

GUYRA-BASED Liberal MLC Scot MacDonald has been flooded with messages of support after publicly endorsing same-sex marriage on Wednesday. It comes as a poll conducted on armidaleexpress.com.au showed overwhelming support for the legalisation of same-sex marriage. Mr...

Magda and Rachel join ‘8’ cast

The full cast list for the upcoming Sydney and Melbourne readings of the acclaimed Dustin Lance Black play 8 has now been revealed. Recent additions include Rachel Griffiths, Magda Szubanski, Georgie Parker, Catherine McClements, Gyton Grantley, Rachael Blake, Martin...

Hope for pro-gay marriage recommendation

Lawson resident and editor of the Pink Mountains website Kevin Hardwick is “very hopeful” the inquiry into the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012 and the Marriage Amendment Bill 2012 will recommend in favour of same-sex marriage. The inquiry, which is currently...

Gympie: Gay marriage debate heats up again

THE issue of gay marriage has flared up again, sparking the debate about civil union laws for same sex couples. Newlyweds Marty Steere and Ricky Klingsporn are angered by the latest developments, which they say discriminates against them. LNP put the civil union...