ACL Say Smoking Healthier Than Gay Marriage
Jim Wallace, head of the Australian Chrisitian Lobby has said that smoking is healthier than gay marriage. Mr Wallace made his comments during a debate with The Greens leader Senator Christine Milne....
View ArticleCalls For Abbott To Support Same-Sex Conscience Vote
Mr Barnett at the Court Hotel recently supporting Eleni Evangel Premier Colin Barnett and Opposition Leader Mark McGowan have both promised that they will allow a conscience vote on same-sex marriage...
View ArticleMore Pressure For Abbott
Liberal Leader Tony Abbott Pressure appears to be growing on Opposition Leader Tony Abbot to allow a conscience vote on the issue of same sex marriage. Today as state premiers arrived in Canberra for...
View ArticleStolen Generation Advocates Demand Apology from ACL
Lyle Shelton – Australian Christian Lobby Stolen Generation advocates are demanding an apology for comments made by Lyle Shelton on behalf of the Australian Christian Lobby yesterday. In response to...
View ArticleRudd Puts Gay Marriage on the Agenda
Newly reinstated Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has put marriage equality on the agenda during his first day back in office. On Friday the Prime Minister called for both sides of politics to be allowed a...
View ArticleNew US Ambassador Weds
America’s new ambassador to Australia has married his partner ahead of their relocation to Australia. John Berry, and his partner of seventeen years, Curtis Yee, were wed in a ceremony at St....
View ArticleACL Steps Up It’s Campaign in the ACT
The Australian Christian Lobby has stepped up it’s campaign against same sex marriage in the Australian Capital Territory. The right wing lobby group says the territory’s Labor government should cease...
View ArticlePM to Seek Legal Advice on ACT’s Marriage Laws
The Prime Minister has declared that the federal Coalition will be seeking legal advice on the ACT’s marriage bill that was introduced today. Mr Abbott responded to the territory’s move on same sex...
View ArticleACT Approves Marriage Equality
The Australian Capital Territory has become the first state or territory in Australia to approve marriage for same sex couples. The legislation was passed this morning 9 votes to 8, with the...
View ArticleMarriage Equality Bill Introduced in WA
Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren has introduced a Marriage Equality Bill into the Western Australian Parliament today. The Same-Sex Marriage Bill 2013will allow the authorisation of celebrants and the...
View ArticleMarriage Equality May Only Need Four More Votes
Former Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan has reversed his position on marriage equality and now supports a change to the law in Australia. “I’ve come to the conclusion that, basically, I was wrong.” Mr...
View ArticleAustralian Christian Lobby: Australia Should Not Follow Ireland
The Australian Christian Lobby has decribed the results of Ireland’s referendum to allow marriage equality as a wake up call to Australians who value children’s rights and freedom of belief. The...
View ArticleMarriage Equality Not on the Prime Minister’s Agenda
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ruled out Australia holding a referendum on marriage equality telling reporters that it’s a serious issue but not high on the government’s priorities. Mr Abbott was...
View ArticleOver 10,000 RSVP to ‘Love is Love’ marriage rally
Over 10,000 people have sent an RSVP to the Facebook page announcing a major rally for marriage equality next weekend. Get Up! and Marriage Equality Australia are holding a ‘Love is Love’ rally in...
View ArticleWatch the Videos: Love in Perth
Did you get to hear all the speeches at the Love in Perth rally earlier this month. If you were way down the back, or unable to make it to the rally, now you can watch all the speeches. Hear what...
View ArticleIs it OK to choose not to run an advertisement?
OPINION The Marriage Alliance got me thinking. Sophie York, the spokesperson for the newly formed lobby group that argues against allowing same sex couples to be married, was complaining that some...
View ArticleAME welcome WA motion to scrap plebiscite
Australian Marriage Equality’s national director Rodney Croome has congratulated the Western Australian Parliament and Premier Colin Barnett for passing yesterday’s motion to call on the Federal...
View ArticleGreens call for federal recognition of overseas same sex marriages
The Australian Greens have renewed calls for the federal parliament to recognise same-sex marriages performed overseas following the decision by the Victorian Government to recognise these marriages in...
View ArticleTurnbull pressured to revisit marriage equality free vote
Liberal MPs who support marriage equality are reportedly encouraging the Prime Minister to reconsider his commitment to address the issue through a plebiscite in 2017. The Guardian has reported MPs...
View ArticleCatholic Archbishop warns marriage equality will diminish freedom
The Catholic Archbishop of Sydney has spoken out against marriage equality, warning that same-sex marriages could see an end of religious freedoms as institutions are “expected to toe the PC line.”...
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