by John | Mar 10, 2013 | Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
HAMPDEN, Conn., March 8 (UPI) – Support for same-sex marriage has increased to 54 percent among American Catholic voters, a Quinnipiac University Polling Institute survey indicates. The poll released Friday, found 38 percent of U.S. Catholics oppose same-sex...
by John | Mar 9, 2013 | Australian commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
IN Ghost Wife, Michelle Dicinoski reflects on why, in this cynical age, anyone would want to get married, especially someone for whom marriage is not a legal possibility. As Dicinoski tells the story of her journey to Canada to marry her female partner, she...
by John | Mar 5, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
SPAIN: Spain’s interior minister has faced calls to resign after declaring that “the survival of the species” was at stake when he waded into the debate over same-sex marriages. Jorge Fernandez Diaz, the interior minister in Spain’s...
by John | Mar 4, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
ABOUT 100 people gathered in Launceston’s Royal Park yesterday for a barbecue and a show of support for marriage equality. Event organiser Margaret Hughes said she represented a small group concerned about the injustice of Australian marriage laws. “I...
by John | Mar 2, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
AS Sydney prepares for the 35th Mardi Gras parade, the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) has called on the federal government to better address legal discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people. “There is no...
by John | Mar 2, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
The New Zealand MP sponsoring a bill to legalise homosexual marriage says eventually Pacific Island people will come to accept the idea. Opposition Labour Party MP Louisa Wall says while there is widespread opposition to gay marriage from Pacific church leaders, many...
