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Time for the silent majority to be heard
The British House of Commons has approved gay marriage. The NSW Parliament will debate a bill embracing it. It is a reform issue which the national and Tasmanian parliaments recently squibbed. To be fair, unlike their predecessors and most states, … Continue reading
Community shocked over Gillard’s decision to give ACL speech
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has shocked large sections of the LGBTI community after agreeing to deliver the keynote speech at the Australian Christian Lobby’s (ACL) national conference in Canberra later this year. The conference to take place at Canberra’s Hyatt … Continue reading
TGLRG: Tasmanian marriage equality supporters celebrate equality
The following media release was issued by the Tasmanian Gay & Lesbian Rights Group (TGLRG) on 5.08.2012: – TASMANIAN GAY AND LESBIAN RIGHTS GROUP www.tasunited.org Media Release Sunday August 5th 2012 COMMUNITY CELEBRATES GIDDING’S COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY CALL ON LIBERALS … Continue reading
Straight, Catholic, and the leading voice for marriage equality in Toowoomba
Meet Emma Bust – wife, mother of two… and straight mate to Toowoomba’s LGBTI community. Emma was raised Catholic with a strong belief of “do unto others as you would have them do to you,” but she’s since left the church … Continue reading
Marriage equality: a symbol of love
The following address was delivered by AME campaign director, Rodney Croome, at the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee hearing into marriage equality on 3.5.12 Hundreds of thousands of Australians from all walks of life are excluded from one of … Continue reading
SA Premier confirms conscience nod on marriage equality
It has been confirmed that South Australia’s Premier Jay Weatherill will grant a conscience vote for all Labor MPs in the state’s Parliament if a marriage equality bill is introduced locally should federal efforts at legislating for same-sex marriage fail … Continue reading
Join the Marriage Equality Mardi Gras float
Would you like to join the Australian Marriage Equality float at this year’s Mardi Gras? Marriage equality was a major theme at last year’s Mardi Gras Parade, but the organisers of 2012’s float sat they expect it to be even … Continue reading
Wagga couple dream of same-sex marriage
A DREAM of a hoedown Wagga wedding, complete with country music and lots of dancing was just part of the reason Lisa and Michele Saffery took their children to march with 8000 other people in Sydney this weekend to support … Continue reading
Wong tight-lipped on same-sex marriage
Federal Finance Minister Penny Wong has refused to say whether Labor’s gay marriage advocates have the numbers to change the party platform on the issue at the ALP national conference. During the conference, which starts on Friday, ACT Treasurer and … Continue reading
Same sex marriage advocacy and Kim K’s divorce
As the latest star to hop out of a marriage fast enough to cause whiplash (or at least to make some lose their bets), Kim K. is also now the poster child for gay marriage. A number of famous names … Continue reading
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