by John | May 26, 2012 | Australian news, News
A LEADING human rights lawyer has labelled an anti-gay marriage submission by a medical organisation as uninformed. Monash academic and human rights lawyer Paula Gerber has rejected claims by Doctors for the Family that marriage between a man and a woman “is the...
by John | May 20, 2012 | Australian news, News
FORTY years ago South Australia began law reform to decriminalise homosexuality. Opponents at the time argued that marriage would be next on the equality agenda. They were right, though it took some years. In fact, it wasn’t really until former prime minister...
by John | May 15, 2012 | Australian commentary
“To the Doctors for the Family, We – Maeve Marsden, Maya Newell, Rowan Savage, Raj and Jesse Wakeling – are a group of adults aged in our 20s and 30s, raised in same-sex parenting environments. We would like to address the concerns you’ve...
by John | May 15, 2012 | Australian commentary
“[T]he evidence is clear that children who grow up in a family with a mother and a father do better in all parameters than children without.” That’s according to the Doctors for the Family’s submission to the Senate Inquiry into Marriage Equality. And it’s rightly...
by John | May 15, 2012 | Australian news, News
A Victorian equal opportunity board member who sparked a furore over his public position opposing same-sex marriage has quit his post. Kuruvilla George, a former Christian missionary who is the state’s Deputy Chief Psychiatrist, was appointed to the Victorian...
