by John | Nov 23, 2012 | Australian commentary
The US election was a victory for marriage equality, writes Rodney Croome. The first US president to publicly endorse marriage quality was returned. For the first time in US history a vote of the people delivered a pro-marriage equality result, in not just one but...
by John | Nov 13, 2012 | Australian commentary
The main stories coming out of the recent elections in the United States have of course been that Barack Obama won a second term, and which party controls the House and the Senate. However, the election produced a number of other interesting outcomes, not least of...
by John | Nov 8, 2012 | Australian commentary
I write to you as a tax paying citizen, a brother, a son, an uncle and a member of the homosexual community frustrated with our politicians’ lacklustre stance on the rights of gay and lesbians in our fair nation. On both sides of the political fence, that is. News...
by John | Nov 8, 2012 | News, World news
Plans to introduce gay marriage and adoption rights have been approved by France’s government, while a court ruling in Spain upheld the legalisation of same-sex marriage there. France’s Socialist president, Francois Hollande, had made same-sex marriage and...
by John | Nov 8, 2012 | AME media releases, News
Voters in Maine and Maryland on Tuesday approved same-sex marriage on a day of election results that jubilant gay rights advocates called a historic turning point, the first time marriage for gay men and lesbians has been approved at the ballot box. In Minnesota, in...