by John | May 24, 2012 | News, World news
Public opinion continues to shift in favor of same-sex marriage, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, which also finds initial signs that President Obama’s support for the idea may have changed a few minds. Overall, 53 percent of Americans say gay...
by John | May 22, 2012 | Australian commentary
The American civil rights movement was a colourful but hollow distraction from the far more important issue of America’s war in Vietnam, and that is why presidents Kennedy and Johnson supported it. If you find this statement trite, offensive and wrong then you...
by John | May 19, 2012 | Australian commentary
IT’S hard to imagine anyone in Australia actually believes Julia Gillard’s firm personal conviction is that marriage should only be between a man and a woman. A young woman raised in libertarian South Australia, Gillard moved to Melbourne and slotted into...
by John | May 16, 2012 | Australian news, News, World news
Marriage equality advocates have praised US President Barack Obama for taking his support for marriage equality further by telling the US daytime television show, The View (broadcast in Australia today), that civil unions are “not sufficient” (Report...
by John | May 15, 2012 | News, World news
President Barack Obama has continued to speak out in favour of equal marriage while attending a celebrity laden fund-raiser in New York. After being introduced by openly gay star Ricky Martin, President Obama said: that all people are “equal in terms of dignity and in...
