by Jen | Apr 26, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
Far from being a protest on the periphery, the concept of same-sex marriage is winning over the conservatives. Gay marriage has become an interminably dull issue, one we will have to endure for perhaps another year or two. A year or two of same-sex couples declaring...
by Jen | Apr 23, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
This week’s Essential Report affirms the broad and enduring support in the Australian electorate for legalising same-sex marriage. What’s less certain is which political tradition will claim the gay marriage legacy, writes Jackie Woods. They say the test...
by Jen | Apr 9, 2013 | Australian commentary
In their rush to defend marriage strictly as it is, conservatives have forgotten what makes marriage so beneficial, which has nothing do with gender, writes Chris Berg. There was a weird moment in one episode of the ABC’s Kitchen Cabinet last year. The host,...
by John | Mar 16, 2013 | AME media releases, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Marriage equality advocates say that if Tony Abbott truly accepts his lesbian sister he will accept her partner as his sister-in-law. Australian Marriage Equality national director, Rodney Croome, was responding to this evening’s interview with Tony Abbott on...
by John | Feb 19, 2013 | Australian commentary
Weddings used to be cookie cutter affairs, vows in a church then a chicken-or-beef reception. A waltz, a drunken uncle, sugared almonds. Now they’re wilder and weirder, and far more wonderful. They’re more personal, more personalised. On Saturday, at a wedding where...
