by John | Aug 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
Meet Emma Bust – wife, mother of two… and straight mate to Toowoomba’s LGBTI community. Emma was raised Catholic with a strong belief of “do unto others as you would have them do to you,” but she’s since left the church “because of its hypocrisy,” she tells Same Same....
by John | Jul 27, 2012 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
A curious thing happened on the way to the first anniversary Tuesday of New York state’s sanctioning of gay marriage. That curious thing was nothing. Or at least nothing bad. The world did not come to an end. The warning of now-Cardinal and then New York...
by John | Jul 16, 2012 | News, World news
A law giving gay and lesbian couples the right to marry in Argentina celebrates its second anniversary this week. Argentina became the first Latin American country to legalize gay marriage after President Christina Fernandez de Kirchner signed the law on July 21,...
by John | Jul 11, 2012 | Australian news, News
Federal parliament resumes next month and same-sex marriage is back on the agenda. A parliamentary committee recently voted in favour of changing the Marriage Act to allow for same-sex marriage. The decision came after the committee received almost 80,000 submissions,...
by John | Jun 23, 2012 | Australian commentary
One hundred years ago, prelates and parsons and other assorted killjoys were up in arms against a frightful evil sweeping the Western world. “It is revolting and disgusting. Only those persons who have lost all moral sense can endure it,” thundered...
