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Media Release: Rudd’s Election as P.M. Opens Up New Chapter in Marriage...
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed Kevin Rudd’s election as Prime Minister, saying it opens up a new chapter in the marriage equality debate and will increase pressure on Tony Abbott to allow a...
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Advocates Over-Joyed with U.S. Supreme Court Marriage Equality Decision Just...
“The majority of Australians who support marriage equality have two great reasons to celebrate today.” – Rodney Croome Australian marriage equality advocates are over-joyed that the US Supreme Court...
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Rudd Challenges Tony Abbott for Open Vote on Marriage Equality
Kevin Rudd has challenged Tony Abbott to allow a conscience vote on marriage equality, saying it was time to end the issue once and for all. Mr Rudd, who came out in support of marriage equality a few...
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Media Release: Advocates Hail Rudd’s Commitment on Marriage Equality But...
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd’s, commitment to have marriage equality “resolved” preferably through a cross-parliament conscience vote, but say they do not...
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Kevin Rudd’s Marriage Equality Referendum Offer Dismissed By Advocates
Gay marriage advocates have dismissed Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s offer to hold a referendum into gay marriage if Tony Abbott refuses to allow Coalition members a conscience vote on the issue. They...
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Parliament is the best forum for marriage equality
ONE of the most powerful arguments Kevin Rudd made when explaining his late conversion to the cause of marriage equality was that it was in the best interests of children. Arguing the case for civil...
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Rudd Strikes a Chord With Cynical Students
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s direct pitch to Australian youth to support him appears to be already paying off. In his first speech since toppling Julia Gillard on Wednesday night, Mr Rudd appealed to a...
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Why an Australian Referendum on Marriage Equality is a Bad Idea
Gay pride participants in Sydney. Photograph: Lisa Maree Williams/Getty History tells us referendums are incredibly difficult to pass and often require bipartisan support. To hold one on gay marriage...
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Australian Companies With a Great Track Record on Marriage Equality
A gay marriage supporter celebrates after the US Supreme Court paves the way for same-sex marriage in California, amid a wave of support from corporate America. Picture: AP Photo/Mathew Sumner. KEVIN...
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Rudd’s Elevation Gives Hope on Same-Sex Marriage
Advocates of same-sex marriage say Kevin Rudd’s return as prime minister will increase pressure on Opposition Leader Tony Abbott to allow a conscience vote on the issue, regardless of who wins the...
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Media Release: Advocates Welcome Abbott’s Sister’s Opposition to Marriage...
Advocates welcome Abbott’s Sister’s opposition to marriage equality referendum 80% of new Rudd cabinet favours reform Marriage equality advocates have welcomed opposition to a marriage equality...
View ArticleMedia Release: Marriage Equality Facebook Page Ranked NO.1 Political Page in...
Advocates say Kevin Rudd’s support for marriage equality, plus the achievement of marriage equality in New Zealand, are the reasons why a key Facebook supporters’ page is now the nation’s number one...
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Ministers Take Aim At Religious Extremists: We Accept Equality
Ministers have expressed their sentiments for same-sex marriage. CHRISTIAN ministers have spoken out in support of same-sex marriage in stark contrast to comments from the Australian Christian Lobby...
View ArticleMarriage Equality on the agenda again
The US Supreme Court and our newly installed Prime Minister have put their weight behind legal recognition of same sex marriage. Kevin Rudd before resuming the prime ministership wrote that he had...
View ArticleMedia Release: Advocates Welcome Catholic Cleric’s Change of Heart on...
Marriage equality advocates have welcomed a change of heart on the issue by prominent Catholic priest and lawyer, Fr Frank Brennan SJ. Fr Brennan is professor of law at the Australian Catholic...
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Why Can’t We Marry
Australia is meant to be the lucky country, the country of the fair go, says Melton’s Peter Ellis. But somewhere along the line we dropped the ball. Ellis’s half-Aboriginal family, and friends – both...
View ArticleAdvertising Watchdog Clears Provocative ‘I’m having a lesbian’ Billboard
Billboards showing a pregnant woman “having a lesbian” has been cleared by the advertising watchdog after complaints that it “sexualised children”. The Advertising Standards Bureau has thrown out both...
View ArticleJohn Church Stance on Marriage Equality Questioned
When Liberal election candidate John Church told a Newcastle forum on Wednesday night that his Christian faith put him at odds with same-sex marriage, Fredric Holten almost fell out of his chair. Only...
View ArticlePM, Abbott Should Co-operate For Greater Good
Real reform is tough in government; it takes vision, character and intellect. Australia needs all three right now. There are two reforms that require some old-fashioned political guts to be delivered:...
View ArticleThe Devaluation of Marriage is Costing Society
There is a disconnect in our national discussion about marriage. On the one hand we have had a very strong movement for same-sex marriage rights but on the other hand, there exists a general silence on...
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