by John | Jan 24, 2012 | Australian news, News, World news
MARTINA Navratilova says attitudes towards homosexuality and gay marriage are a question of human rights, not religious rights, but concedes she will never convince Margaret Court. Navratilova said yesterday she was honoured to play her Australian Open legends doubles...
by John | Jan 23, 2012 | News, World news
Mayors of about 80 U.S. cities from New York to Los Angeles to Houston are backing a campaign to remove legal barriers to same-sex marriage nationwide. “The more support we build in our cities and states, the stronger case we can make for extending the freedom to...
by John | Jan 23, 2012 | News, World news
OLYMPIA, Wash. – (AP) — The last time same-sex marriage was debated in the Washington state Legislature, lawmakers voted to ban it. Fourteen years later, the issue is before the Legislature once again after a multiyear effort that has incrementally...
by John | Jan 20, 2012 | Australian news, News, World news
A star-studded group of A-listers will help George Clooney perform in the Los Angeles premiere of the gay marriage play 8. The groups Broadway Impact and American Foundation for Equal Rights say Jamie Lee Curtis, Martin Sheen, Yeardley Smith, George Takei, Matt Bomer,...
by John | Jan 19, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
From sea to shining sea today, articles on Catholic involvement in the marriage equality issue appeared in two separate papers. On the east coast, a New York Times analysis article assesses the evolution of legislators’ opinions on marriage equality. On the west...
by John | Jan 17, 2012 | Australian news, News, World news
Teenage British tennis starlet Laura Robson sported a rainbow hair band during her first round exit on Margaret Court Arena at the Australian Open yesterday, less than a week after tennis legend Court’s controversial and homophobic comments about gay marriage. The...
