Rudd Take on Marriage Equality Pulls in Voters
Kevin Rudd’s support for same-sex marriage could significantly lift Labor’s vote in the election, a new poll shows. A survey of 1000 people, conducted by Galaxy Research for Australian Marriage...
View ArticleDear Politicians Message from Jessica and Sean Braithwaite
Jessica and Sean Braithwaite of Gemini Downs fame sent AME a message and a wonderful video of them singing “Will you Marry Me?” Dear Politicians, We are Sean and Jessica Braithwaite (brother and...
View ArticleExclusive: Rudd’s sister wants Putin – style homosexuality ban
Kevin Rudd’s sister wants Australia to introduce a Vladimir Putin-style ban on schoolchildren being taught about homosexuality. Loree Rudd – who says she is unlikely to help her brother on election day...
View ArticleSavage Garden Singer Darren Hayes Marries Richard Cullen for Third Time as...
Australian musician Darren Hayes has married his husband – again. Hayes and Richard Cullen took part in their third marriage in California as an act of solidarity with those who are fighting for equal...
View ArticleMedia Release: U.K. Shows Australia How Marriage Equality Can Be Achieved
U.K. shows Australia how marriage equality can be achieved. Equality in U.K. Will have dramatice impact on Australia. Marriage equality advocates say the UK has shown Australian political leaders how...
View ArticleLiberal Candidate’s Email Dispute
A startling email correspondence between Liberal Candidate for Perth, Darryl Moore, and one of his potential constituents show that Moore is misinforming voters and then chastising them for sharing...
View ArticleStars Quick To Come Out For Marriage Equality
Dannii Minogue is the latest in a long line of Australian celebrities pushing for the Australian government to legalise gay marriage. Following Confidential’s story on Darren Hayes marrying his husband...
View ArticleGriffin Longley: Marriage Traditions Send Mixed Messages
We are so busy making sure there is milk in the fridge, the dog doesn’t eat the mini-vac and the kids can spell homogenous that we don’t tend to think about history. It is one of those things, like...
View ArticlePremier Slammed Over Same Sex Marriage
A bill to legalise same-sex marriage in South Australia will be sabotaged by the state’s Labor government in an attempt to wedge the Liberal Party, gay rights advocates say. The government will force...
View ArticleLegalising Gay Unions Would Ensure Marriage Remains Relevant, says Premier...
A push to legalise same-sex marriage in South Australia has failed after MPs voted against legislation in State Parliament. Labor backbencher Susan Close’s Same Sex Marriage Bill 2013 was defeated on...
View ArticleBid To Legalise Same-Sex Marriage In SA Defeated
A Labor backbencher’s bid to legalise gay marriage in South Australia has been defeated in the state’s lower house. Susan Close’s bill was defeated on Thursday after Liberal MPs opposed it on party...
View ArticleMedia Release: NSW Legislative Council Committee Confident Of State’s Ability...
NSW LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONFIDENT OF STATE’S ABILITY TO LEGISLATE FOR SAME-SEX MARRIAGE. ADVOCATES ASSERT, IN THE ABSENCE OF FEDERAL MOVEMENT, STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE RESPONSIBILITY TO ACT...
View ArticleMedia Release: Greens MLC Encouraged by NSW Inquiry’s Green Light for Same...
Greens MLC Lynn MacLaren welcomed today’s findings from a NSW parliamentary inquiry saying that same-sex marriage in Western Australia is one step closer. The results concluded that the NSW Parliament...
View ArticleACT May Take Lead On Same-Sex Marriage
The ACT is just months away from becoming the first Australian jurisdiction to legalise same-sex marriage. Attorney-General Simon Corbell told Fairfax Media the Labor-Greens government plans to...
View ArticleNumber Of Children With Same-Sex Parents Soars
The latest snapshot of Australian society has revealed that same-sex couples are better educated than their traditional counterparts, well-employed and increasingly family oriented. The latest...
View ArticleRodney Croome: States can break gay marriage deadlock
A NSW parliamentary inquiry’s conclusion that there is no constitutional impediment to states enacting laws for same-sex marriages represents a breakthrough in the marriage equality debate. At a stroke...
View ArticleACT Moves To Legalise Same-Sex Marriage
The ACT Government will introduce legislation during the spring sittings of the Legislative Assembly to establish the Territory Same-sex Marriage Act. Same-sex couples in the ACT have been able to...
View ArticleMedia Release: Marriage Equality To Be Key Election Issue
With the Federal Election now called for September 7th, advocates have vowed to make marriage equality a key issue in the 2013 election, as they aim to increase the numbers of elected members who...
View ArticleAn Error Of Fact
Opponents of a Tasmanian same-sex marriage have declared often and loudly that “marriage is a federal issue”. It was this slogan that defeated our state’s attempt to lead the nation towards marriage...
View ArticleLiberal MP Sidesteps Same Sex Marriage Question
THE Liberal MP representing the most marginal federal seat in Queensland is sidestepping questions about her views on same sex marriage. Marriage Equality advocates are sending leaflets to voters in...
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