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Greenwich: Need help with your marriage submission?
The recently-announced marriage equality Senate inquiry gives supporters of reform an excellent opportunity to have our voices heard. A good submission is one that does several things. First, it is well informed. If you want to cite the level of support for marriage equality in Australia, or where equality has been enacted overseas, make sure ...
State-by-state: the legal status of same-sex relationships
Want to know more about the legal status of same-sex relationships in Australia? Click here to check out AME’s new state-by-state interactive map. Share
New push for Coalition conscience vote
Marriage equality advocates are set to use the web to urge Coalition MPs to pressure Opposition leader Tony Abbott to allow a conscience vote on same-sex marriage. Australian Marriage Equality (AME) has established a dedicated webform for supporters to email federal Coalition politicians representing their state. “We need your help to win Coalition support for ...
Microsoft: Marriage equality would be good for business
Today, Microsoft is joining other Northwest employers Concur, Group Health, Nike, RealNetworks and Vulcan Inc. in support of Washington State legislation recognizing marriage equality for same-sex couples. We believe that passing this bill would be good for our business and good for the state’s economy. I wanted to take a few moments to explain why. ...
Lesbian families’ happy connection
RESEARCH published this month shows children raised in planned lesbian families are doing just fine. The research is part of a breakthrough longitudinal study being conducted in the US which has followed children being raised by lesbians since the 1980s. Continue reading … The journal article can be downloaded here. Share
Dine out for marriage equality
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Business Assocation (SGLBA) members can take advantage of a special offer from Australian Marriage Equality. AME is holding a fundraiser at Sydney’s most awarded restaurant, Quay on January 25, 2012. The Equality Dinner will be MC’ed by Geoff Field and Jason Kerr with additional local and international guests to be announced. ...
Child abuse rate at zero percent in lesbian households, new report finds
Los Angeles, CA — The Williams Institute, a research center on sexual orientation law and public policy at UCLA School of Law, has announced new findings from the U.S. National Longitudinal Lesbian Family Study (NLLFS), the longest-running study ever conducted on American lesbian families (now in its 24th year). In an article published today in ...
Katter: Regional and Christian Australians not bigots
On Christmas Eve equality advocate, Carl Katter, gave the following address at the Metropolitan Community Church in Sydney. In his address Carl looks at marriage equality from a Christian perspective: “I am sure you will all agree with me when I say Jesus would much rather hang out at a gathering such as this one ...
2011: Looking back at the key marriage equality moments
2011 showed that the momentum for marriage equality is unstoppable: Repeated polls showed a strong majority of Australians, including people of faith, support reform; The personal stories of gay and lesbian Australians and their friends and relatives, including Senator Penny Wong, Professor Kerryn Phelps, David Pocock and David Foster, continued to play a key role ...
New marriage equality video says “It’s Time!”
Get Up! has released another splendid marriage equality video. This one features the ups and downs of a relationship. It could be any relationship. It just happens to be one between two men. The video promotes Get Up’s marriage equality petition. Click here to see the video and sign the petition. Share
Australian Marriage Equality
