by Jen | May 2, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
It’s a question resonating through suburban living rooms across the country: Why doesn’t Australia legalise gay marriage? This is not an “inner-city media issue”, as columnist Gerard Henderson wrote this week. It was far from clear, he maintained, that same sex...
by Jen | Apr 23, 2013 | Australian news, News
A SIGN at Somerset featuring a male and female gender symbol and two wedding rings has sparked controversy. Members of the public contacted The Advocate this morning about the sign near the Cam River. Wynyard resident Maire MacCana was upset after noticing the sign...
by John | Oct 22, 2012 | News, World news
During an online debate on the issue, Ted Haggard argued that gay marriage should be legal. Haggard is the evangelical pastor who ran afoul of his Denver congregation after admitting to a three-year pay-for-sex affair with male prostitute Mike Jones. Immediately after...
by John | Oct 19, 2012 | Overseas commentary
In late September, Archbishop John J. Myers of Newark, N.J., upped the ante in the hierarchy’s culture war against LGBT civil rights by declaring that those who support marriage equality should refrain from receiving the Eucharist. With somewhere between 52...
by John | Sep 9, 2012 | Australian commentary
I recently published a small book entitled A Private Life. This provides a number of biographical sketches, although it stops short of deserving the title of an autobiography. The fourth chapter of the book is named for my partner of 43 years, Johan van Vloten. It...
