by John | Feb 2, 2012 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
Scotland is likely to have full marriage equality by the end of 2013 at the latest, Tim Hopkins, Director of the Equality Network told PinkNews.co.uk at a reception in the Scottish Parliament yesterday evening. 400 people attended the reception after all opposition...
by John | Feb 1, 2012 | News, Overseas marriages & Australian civil unions, World news
THE clamour for the legalisation of same-sex marriage in Scotland has grown after the leaders of Holyrood’s opposition parties signed a pledge supporting the move. Labour’s Johann Lamont, Ruth Davidson of the Conservatives, Willie Rennie of the Lib Dems and the...
by John | Jan 31, 2012 | News, World news
With a flurry of coast-to-coast developments this week, same-sex marriage is back in the political spotlight and likely to remain there through Election Day as a half-dozen states face potentially wrenching votes on the issue. In Maryland, New Jersey and Washington,...
by John | Jan 28, 2012 | Australian news, News
MARK COLVIN: Despite Labor’s opposition to same sex marriage in Australia, the Federal Government is going to help smooth the path for couples who want to marry overseas. From next week, the Commonwealth will begin providing gay and lesbian couples with an...
by John | Jan 27, 2012 | Australian commentary
On February 1 the Federal Government will lift its ban on Australian same-sex partners receiving the documents they need to marry in other countries where same-sex marriage is allowed. To her great credit, Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, has asked the Department of...
