by John | Mar 4, 2013 | Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
ABOUT 100 people gathered in Launceston’s Royal Park yesterday for a barbecue and a show of support for marriage equality. Event organiser Margaret Hughes said she represented a small group concerned about the injustice of Australian marriage laws. “I...
by John | Aug 15, 2012 | Australian news, News
FORMER Liberal senator Guy Barnett has appealed to the federal Attorney-General to block Tasmania’s bid to allow same-sex marriage. Mr Barnett, who is now a Launceston lawyer and consultant, has written to Nicola Roxon MP asking for federal intervention. He says...
by John | May 24, 2012 | Australian commentary
AUSTRALIA is supposedly a secular nation, so why does religion still define our laws? Most Australians believe that people should be free to practise their beliefs, provided they do not infringe on the rights of others. But there is a growing strain of religious...
by John | May 19, 2012 | Events
250 people attended a vigil outside an anti-marriage equality conference in Tasmania last night as it was revealed the winning video message in the conference’s competition to define an ‘excellent marriage’ was from a gay man. The Excellent Marriage conference was...
by John | May 18, 2012 | Australian news, Events, News
ADVOCATES for same-sex and traditional marriage made their contrasting voices heard at the University of Tasmania last night, as the state’s debate over the right to marry heated up. The FamilyVoice Australia Excellent Marriage seminar hosted hundreds at the...
