by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
France’s lower house of parliament has approved a sweeping bill to legalise gay marriage and allow same-sex couples to adopt children. President Francois Hollande’s Socialists have pushed the measure through the National Assembly and put France on track to...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
GAY marriage may be all the talk in Byron Bay’s council chambers but in the Tweed it has not even raised an eyebrow. Tweed Shire mayor Barry Longland said gay marriage was a personal belief. “As far as I’m concerned it is not council business,”...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Independent MP Bob Katter says there is ”no way, Jose” that same-sex marriage will be discussed at the Katter Australian Party’s national executive meeting on Friday. The fiery Queenslander threatened to walk out of a Fairfax Media interview after...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
POLITICIANS from across the spectrum voiced their support for the NSW marriage equality campaign at the official start of the Sydney Mardi Gras festival at the weekend. Members of the cross-party working group tasked with developing a bill that would allow gay couples...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
The mayor of Byron Bay in northern New South Wales says he wants to make gay marriage legal in the shire and has flagged the creation of a “love park”. Mayor Simon Richardson says the Federal Government is failing same-sex couples and he says it is time...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Federal Brisbane MP Teresa Gambaro has once again been confronted over her opposition to marriage equality. LGBTI rights advocate Phil Browne and 15 other concerned community members (pictured) took advantage of another constituent meeting of Gambaro’s held on...
