by John | Apr 4, 2012 | Australian news, News
HOMOSEXUALS are entitled to the same justice as everyone else, but the idea of a gay marriage is simply impossible, the incoming Archbishop of Brisbane Mark Coleridge has outlined. In his first press conference at the Wynberg House in New Farm today, the Catholic...
by John | Apr 4, 2012 | Australian news, News
SYDNEY archbishop George Pell is pleading with the Federal Government not to allow gay marriage, saying the constructs of marriage are the glue that holds society together. Cardinal Pell says it would be a “grave injustice” if children were...
by John | Apr 4, 2012 | Australian news, News
Hobsons Bay City Council last night resolved unanimously to lodge a submission to the Commonwealth in support of marriage equality. It makes it the second Victorian local council to do so, after Hepburn Shire called on federal Parliament to legalise same-sex marriage...
by John | Apr 4, 2012 | Australian news, News
CHURCHES’ hardline stance against same-sex marriage is damaging their image, their opponents claim. Thirty-five Australian faith leaders, including six South Australians, signed a letter supporting gay marriage. They include Uniting Church ministers Rev Steve...
by John | Apr 3, 2012 | Australian news, News
At least 45,000 submissions of support were sent to the Senate inquiry into a bill allowing same-sex marriage, advocates say. The Senate inquiry closed yesterday and the Star Observer understands that supportive submissions well outnumber those against, although a...
by John | Apr 3, 2012 | Australian news, News
More than 45,000 Australians have told a Senate inquiry that they support same sex marriage, the lobby group Australian Marriage Equality (AME) says. A Senate committee is examining the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2012, proposed by the Greens and independent MP...
