by John | Feb 28, 2013 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Three hundred sixty-three thousand and fifty-three dollars was the amount that Edith Windsor was assessed in federal estate taxes when her wife, Thea Spyer, died in 2009. Zero dollars, everyone agrees, would have been the amount she owed if the federal government had...
by John | Jan 30, 2013 | News, Overseas commentary, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
More than perhaps anyone else in America, David Blankenhorn personifies the struggle so many have experienced over same-sex marriage. First he was agnostic, then he was against it, now he’s for it. This is to say that Blankenhorn — a long-standing opponent of same-sex...
by John | Dec 8, 2012 | News, World news
The Supreme Court announced Friday it will rule for the first time on same-sex marriage by deciding the constitutionality of California’s Proposition 8, the voter initiative that limited marriage to a man and a woman. The justices also said they would decide whether...
by John | May 29, 2012 | Australian news, Events, News
A BEVY of Australian stars tackles the marriage equality debate head-on next week when Her Majesty’s Theatre hosts a one night only staging of critically acclaimed play, 8. Magda Szubanski, Daniel McPherson and Shane Jacobson lead a stellar cast in this staged reading...
by John | May 14, 2012 | Australian news, Events, News
HOLLYWOOD heavyweights recently lined up to perform in a play agitating for marriage equality. Now 8 comes to Melbourne with an impressive line-up of Australian talent. Shane Jacobson, Lisa McCune, Daniel MacPherson and Spencer McLaren are among the cast performing a...
