by Jen | Jun 19, 2013 | Australian news, News
SOUTH Australian Senator Cory Bernardi is embroiled in a fresh row over his views on gay marriage and bestiality as a new poll found his comments had provoked a voter backlash. The Liberal senator resigned from the Coalition’s front bench last year after outrage...
by Alex Greenwich | Jun 18, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions
Australian Marriage Equality has called for Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi to be disciplined for more offensive comments about same-sex marriage. In a new interview with Fairfax, Bernardi claimed that a petition to legally recognise multi-member unions was evidence of...
by Carol Burger | May 26, 2013 | AME Talks, Australian commentary, Labor Party, Supporters of Equality
There was a lot of harrumphing this week after Kevin Rudd declared he had changed his mind on gay marriage. This was a hugely significant, genuine shift from a former prime minister, but he was mocked for saying it was a ”difficult personal journey”, with...
by Jen | May 21, 2013 | Australian news, News
‘Our children are loved and our children are cherished’… Senator Penny Wong, with daughter Alexandra and partner Sophie Allouache in 2011. Photo: Supplied Finance Minister Penny Wong has condemned the Australian Christian Lobby over comments likening...
by Jen | May 2, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, News
It’s a question resonating through suburban living rooms across the country: Why doesn’t Australia legalise gay marriage? This is not an “inner-city media issue”, as columnist Gerard Henderson wrote this week. It was far from clear, he maintained, that same sex...