by Jen | Mar 20, 2013 | News, World news
THE WASHINGTON POST: Public support for gay marriage has hit a new high as Americans increasingly see homosexuality not as a choice but as a way some people are, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
by Jen | Mar 20, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
CANBERRA TIMES: Hillary Clinton has endorsed same-sex marriage, saying “gay rights are human rights”.
by John | Mar 14, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
NEW Zealand lawmakers voted overwhelmingly in favour of a bill allowing same-sex marriage, all but assuring that it will soon become law. Lawmakers supported the bill 77 to 44 in the second of three votes needed for a bill to be approved. The second vote is typically...
by John | Mar 13, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Second reading support is firm but submissions reveal wider range of opinion and doubts at speed of change. After months of emotional submissions and some bitter protest, a bill to legalise same-sex marriage appears likely to pass another hurdle with barely a dent in...
by John | Mar 12, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, Uncategorized, World news
Youth wings of the major political parties have joined together in support of gay marriage – almost. In a joint press conference outside Parliament today the youth wings of National, Labour, ACT, Mana, Maori, Greens, United Future and NZ First signed a banner in...
by John | Mar 12, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Parents of Gays and Lesbians in China Demand Their Children be Allowed to Marry Of all the ways a son can be disrespectful to his parents, argued the ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius, the worst is to have no offspring. Now, in a bold challenge to this centuries-old...
