by John | May 30, 2012 | Australian commentary
TODAY, a number of NSW Coalition MPs will vote in favour of a motion from Greens’ MP Cate Faehrmann that supports gay marriage. They will do this because, as conservatives, they believe in marriage. They believe marriage will strengthen same-sex relationships...
by John | May 26, 2012 | Australian news, News
GUYRA-BASED Liberal MLC Scot MacDonald has been flooded with messages of support after publicly endorsing same-sex marriage on Wednesday. It comes as a poll conducted on armidaleexpress.com.au showed overwhelming support for the legalisation of same-sex marriage. Mr...
by John | May 25, 2012 | Australian commentary
Alex Greenwhich, the National Convener of Australian Marriage Equality, argues that denying Coalition MP’s a conscience vote on state-sanctioned same-sex marriage will be a significant political error: The clear message from recent elections and opinion polls is...
by Alex Greenwich | May 25, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed a resolution from the NSW Young Nationals calling on the the federal National Party to be allowed a conscience vote on the issue. The resolution was passed by a two thirds majority and will be debated at the up-coming National...
by John | May 24, 2012 | Australian news, News
A number of New South Wales Government MPs have spoken in favour of gay marriage during a debate on the issue in State Parliament. Unlike similar debates in Federal Parliament, both sides of the NSW Upper House were given a conscience vote on the motion to support gay...
