by Jen | Jun 7, 2013 | Australian commentary
Lobbying and the election Last week I spent two days in parliament house with national PFLAG spokesperson, Shelley Argent, and AME deputy director, Ivan Hinton, intensively lobbying federal members. We found support for a Coalition conscience vote is rapidly...
by Carol Burger | May 16, 2013 | Australian commentary, Australian news, Liberal Party
Marriage equality activists are taking their megaphones to Sydney’s northern beaches, targeting the HQ of our unsympathetic opposition leader. Unlike many marriage equality rallies in Sydney in recent times, the organisers of this Saturday’s action in Manly’s...
by Jen | May 13, 2013 | Australian news, News
Marriage Equality advocates Nathan Thomas and James Argent are inviting members of the community to come and show their support for marriage equality at a demonstration in Manly on Saturday, May 18. “We want people to come along, bring a sign showing their support for...
by Alex Greenwich | Apr 23, 2013 | Australian commentary, Our Say
Thirty six years ago, I fell pregnant with a one-in-a-million baby. My husband (proud dad to be) decided to document every step of my pregnancy in photographs. This one is of me at 39 1/2 weeks. We were so excited we even counted the half-weeks. You see, at the time...
by Jen | Apr 17, 2013 | Australian commentary, Supporters of Equality
How often have we heard politicians who are opposed to same-sex marriage whine, “What about the children? We have to think about the children!“ It makes you wonder how many children raised by same-sex parents they’ve actually met. It makes you wonder whether they have...
