by John | Mar 9, 2012 | News, World news
Very Rev Dr David Ison says church should welcome gay people wanting to take on virtues of marriage. The new dean of St Paul’s Cathedral has called on the Church of England to embrace gay marriage. The Very Rev Dr David Ison, who was appointed by the Queen this...
by John | Mar 7, 2012 | Australian commentary
FAILURE to draw an immediate connection between the marital prospects of livestock and the push to legalise same-sex marriage is quite understandable. Perfectly sensible, in fact. So it pains me to admit that upon hearing of a well-known singer’s passionate defence of...
by John | Mar 6, 2012 | Australian commentary
I have a simple message to Australian politicians currently considering same-sex marriage: the overseas experience has been an entirely positive one. Marriage equality is a controversial issue with opponents of reform predicting dire consequences. But when social...
by John | Feb 25, 2012 | News, World news
The Church does not “own” marriage nor have the exclusive right to say who can marry, a government minister has said. Equalities minister Lynne Featherstone said the government was entitled to introduce same-sex marriages, which she says would be a...
by John | Feb 10, 2012 | Australian commentary
As the bigots barricade wedded bliss, I am even happier to give it a miss. Not being a retired Australian tennis player, I’m hardly qualified to offer my opinion on same-sex marriage. But still, as a happily partnered, never-married man, I can’t stand idly...
