The Religious Right are gathering in Canberra this weekend and Kevin Rudd is the guest speaker. There is only one thing this audience want to hear from him: that he will strike down the ACT’s recently amended Civil Partnerships Act, writes Brian Greig.
Gay marriage
Has Texas accidentally banned marriage?
A constitutional amendment in Texas designed to ban gay marriages may have inadvertently banned all marriages in the state, according to a lawyer and Democratic attorney general candidate.
Gay marriage: an issue of both the legal and the spiritual
If there is a God, surely she wouldn’t have intended for Australia to let gay and lesbian people and their families to feel so ostracised from the church, writes Steve Dow.
Memo to the British Press: "husband" isn’t a dirty word
Gay boy band star Stephen Gately, who married in 2006, died this week. But why doesn’t the media refer to his husband as his husband? The language involving same-sex relationships is a political minefield.
Bill Hayden: Australia’s gay rights shame
Gay rights in Australia have come a long way from when police used to raid parties and fire shots in the air. But, equality still doesn’t exist. Why isn’t Labor changing that? asks Bill Hayden.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: CPRS and climate change, gay marriage and bug-free computer software
Crikey readers weigh in on CPRS and climate change, gay marriage and bug-free computer software…
Why plagiarism doesn’t matter on National Marriage Day
Several hundred Christians gathered in Parliament House this morning for “National Marriage Day”, launching a “new” version of the booklet 21 Reasons Why Marriage Matters… except it wasn’t so new.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Climate change and Crikey editorials
Crikey readers weigh in on CPRS, climate change, the coalition’s carbon policy proposal, gay marriage statistics and more.
Dum dum de dum: Labor marries the religious right
Hundreds of membrs of the religious right will gather in Canberra this week to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Howard government’s ban on same-sex marriage, writes Former West Australian Democrats Senator Brian Greig.
The gay love affair with Kevin is over
The gay honeymoon with Labor is now officially over, with the ALP simply applying a thin coat of pinkwash over existing failed policy, writes Doug Pollard.
Melbourne’s protest against gay marriage
What really went down at Melbourne’s gay marriage protest on the weekend? An Onymous Lefty has the photos.
Faction fighting at ALP convention
The national ALP conference may no longer be that relevant, but the Left faction is still bound to heat things up on issues like gay marriage and 457 visas.
The NY Times’ big gay celebration
More than 300 same-sex wedding or commitment announcements have appeared in The NY Times over the past seven years — now the paper is bringing many of those together to commemorate Stonewall.
US08: California’s gay marriage call could be explosive
Last week’s California Supreme Court decision on gay marriage hit on a couple of big news days and Americans are beginning to realise what a bombshell it is, writes US correspondent Guy Rundle.
Croome: Spousal benefits for same-s-x couples saves $66 million
in last night’s Budget the Government declared that the removal of discrimination “is expected to result in net savings of $66.0 million over four years”, writes Rodney Croome.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups
Iemma’s NSW power politics … budgeting on Lindsay Tanner’s childhood … same-s-x rights and gay marriage … safety management in Australian skies …
McClelland can’t duck the gay marriage issue
Does today’s timetable for removing legal discrimination against same-sex de facto couples, leave the gay rights glass half full or half empty? asks Rodney Croome.
Sorting the truth from the poll chatter
Certainly we criticised a Galaxy question recently. This does not mean that all Galaxy questions are suspect. And for an organization to publish a result it is pleased with does not make the result wrong, writes Irving Saulwick and Denis Muller.
