by Jen | Apr 14, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, World news
In 1964 Barry Goldwater voted against the Civil Rights Act. He was labeled a racist and much worse for his position. Goldwater, a dedicated libertarian, voted on the constitutionality of the issue and not on the issue itself. I knew him well, and he was no racist. He...
by Jen | Mar 27, 2013 | News, World news
Author: Greg Stohr Publication: The Age Publication Date: March 27, 2013 WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court raised the prospect that it will decline to say whether the constitution gives gays the right to marry, in an argument that revealed a chasm among the justices on...
by Jen | Mar 23, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
THE AUSTRALIAN: The US Supreme Court will consider the divisive issue of legalising same-sex marriage, in a hotly anticipated hearing next week that could have historic consequences for American family life.
by John | Feb 28, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Three hundred sixty-three thousand and fifty-three dollars was the amount that Edith Windsor was assessed in federal estate taxes when her wife, Thea Spyer, died in 2009. Zero dollars, everyone agrees, would have been the amount she owed if the federal government had...
by John | Oct 19, 2012 | News, World news
WASHINGTON: Gay rights advocates in the US have won another victory in their fight for equal treatment under the law, with the appeals court in New York striking down a key part of the Defence of Marriage Act (DOMA) and upholding for the first time that gays and...
