by John | Mar 10, 2011 | Australian news, News
Former parliamentary secretary for social inclusion Senator Ursula Stephens will vote against same-sex marriage. Writing on her personal blog, Stephens said she had received lots of correspondence about the issue following a Greens motion to canvass constituents’...
by John | Mar 8, 2011 | Overseas commentary
In this piece, 81-year-old Erma Durkin explains how her conscience moved her toward supporting marriage equality. *** For all of my 81 years I have absorbed, lived and taught the doctrines and spirituality of the Roman Catholic Church. My Church has directed me well...
by John | Mar 8, 2011 | Australian commentary
In this piece, political commentator and journalist Mungo MacCallum argues that The Australian newspaper has been conducting a deceptive scare-campaign on marriage equality, and highlights how ideas of religion and marriage have been drifting apart for centuries. ***...
by John | Mar 5, 2011 | Australian commentary
Senator Ursula Stephens, the federal Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion, has used her weblog to denounce marriage equality and those who advocate for it. Senator Stephens created headlines in 2009 for endorsing a “National Marriage Day Breakfast”...
by John | Mar 4, 2011 | Overseas commentary
In this piece, Catholic columnist Marcos Breton explains how overcame the prejudices he was taught as a boy. — I never thought I’d become a full-fledged supporter of same-sex marriage, especially growing up in a socially conservative Catholic family of...
