by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
Yesterday on my 3AW program I said I thought President Obama was brave for announcing in an election year that he supported gay marriage. That prompted an angry email from an American listener who argued that it wasn’t ‘gutsy’. That Obama had merely ‘flip-flopped’ for...
by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
Well. So Barack Obama’s finally come out. Thank god for that. Watching the man’s exaggerated nonchalance in the face of the gay marriage issue has been as sweetly awkward as watching a 28-year-old Harvard graduate pretend to his Jewish parents that...
by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
“I’ve always been adamant that gay and lesbian Americans should be treated fairly and equally.” – Barack Obama After “evolving” on the issue for a couple of years, Barack Obama became the first serving US president to make public...
by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian news, News, World news
NEW Zealand Prime Minister John Key has joined US President Barack Obama in declaring that he is ”not personally opposed” to same-sex marriage. Mr Key issued a statement on the issue after the US President said in a television interview that he believed...
by John | May 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
US PRESIDENT Barack Obama came out this week (pun intended) in support of same-sex marriage. Wouldn’t it have been great in the land of the fair go, Australia, if one of our leaders had beaten the US President to the punch. Instead, we continue to listen to...
