by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
TASMANIAN politicians are likely to be debating same-sex marriage legislation again within six months. Greens leader Nick McKim and Premier Lara Giddings are intent on reintroducing the private members’ bill, which was blocked by the Legislative Council last...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Wallabies flanker David Pocock has given his backing to same-sex marriage in Australia as social media users urge political leaders to follow the lead of British MPs in supporting gay couples’ right to wed. British MPs voted 400 to 175 in favour of the Marriage...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Fr Bernard McGrath’s letter to the editor (“Foundations of family life under threat”, February 2) is yet another example of the clergy struggling to remain relevant in the face of their bigotry and ignorance. Father McGrath speaks of “free...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
In all the light and heat generated by the British Parliament’s same-sex marriage vote, it was the bellowing rhetoric of MP Roger Gale that stuck out, to me, the most. Gale howled down Prime Minister David Cameron’s new legislation, saying allowing same sex couples to...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Two women wanted to marry — one Texan (no gay marriage there), the other Australian (nor there). So how did the British help them tie the knot in Cambodia (not allowed there, either), even before the UK vote this week that paved the way for gay marriage? Continue...
by John | Feb 14, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
A TASMANIAN couple want to wait to marry in Tasmania rather than in the United Kingdom. David Samson is Scottish but became an Australian citizen soon after he arrived in the country 22 years ago. He had met Australian partner Kevin O’Loghlin while working in...
