Marriage equality advocates have the Herculean task before them of convincing Tony Abbott of allowing a conscience vote, writes Brian Greig, former Democrats senator and gay rights campaigner.
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Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Anyone for tennis?
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Rainbow flags rule out love match with Margaret Court
If you support Australian values such as equality, fairness and mateship, whether you’re straight, gay or anything else, take along a little rainbow flag and wave it for the cameras, writes Doug Pollard, a broadcaster and journalist in Melbourne.
Brian Greig: oh Bettina, you Arndt telling the truth!
Social commentator Bettina Arndt earnestly told readers in The Australian that prejudice can make life miserable for children with same-s-x parents, writes Brian Greig, former Democrats senator and gay rights campaigner.
Bolt: I want marriage equality for all
To point out the blindingly obvious, many of us regardless of sexuality want to get married; we want the ceremony that is such a significant marker in life’s journey, writes Stephanie Bolt, sister of Herald Sun columnist Andrew Bolt.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: The Australia Network: a window on ‘Australian life’
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Guy Rundle: The Drum, gay marriage and knowing your history
How did the cultural left win the war on marriage equality, asks Kevin Donnelly at The Drum? His answer? Radical leftists completed what he claims Antonio Gramsci called “the long march through the institutions”, to control the heights of debate.
ALP Left hang tight to reforms as they step up numbers drive
The ALP’s Left say they will not give up on key reforms trashed by the Right at national conference and will urgently move to recruit multiple members to force Labor to democratise.
Do the Liberals have a conscience on gay marriage?
The media narrative is overwhelmingly obsessed with Labor’s position on the same-s-x marriage issue and the Coalition’s much larger anti-gay contingent has mostly been given a free pass.
A bad conference for Gillard, and maybe worse for her party
The ALP national conference did nothing to dispel perceptions about Julia Gillard’s judgment - or the party’s inability to renew itself.
Rudd parties with gay activists; will ‘examine bill closely’
Has Kevin Rudd changed his tune on gay marriage? Andrew Crook found him celebrating with activists last night at the ALP national conference, reporting the latest at The Stump.
ALP rules in favour of gay marriage conscience vote
The ALP’s 46th National Conference has decided to allow a conscience vote on gay marriage. However, the victory for the ALP left is strictly symbolic, writes Andrew Crook.
The whole world is watching: Labor confronts segregation
While Julia Gillard is toying with the notion of a conscience vote, in truth there is no such thing, writes former Democrats senator Brian Greig.
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Let the ALP conference begin
Crikey media wrap: The ALP party has rolled into town for the first day of the Labor national conference in Sydney. With gay marriage, uranium and asylum seeker policy all up for grabs, expect it to be a raucous weekend.
Gay marriage: Gillard deploys her troops for the wrong battle
Julia Gillard has put her authority on the line on same-sex marriage at the Labor national conference. But it was completely unnecessary.
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Rainbow rights: gay marriage in the spotlight
Crikey media wrap: Gay couples in Queensland can now officially register their relationships after a late-night intense state parliamentary sitting. The news comes as ALP delegates prepares to debate gay marriage this weekend at the national conference.
Andrew Barr: I can’t marry the person I love — that needs to change
Andrew Barr is the Deputy Chief Minister of the ACT and a life-long Labor Party member. He’s also gay and in a long-term committed relationship. And he’d like to get married.
Union backing pushes Labor Left closer to Gillard gay marriage defeat
Victorian arm of the NUW formally resolves to back progressive ALP delegates in a conference fight with Julia Gillard over gay marriage, drawing the Left to within striking distance of rejecting a self-defeating conscience vote.
ALP Right bleeding on gay marriage as conference stoush looms
ALP equal love campaigners are confident of extracting significant ‘bleed’ from the party’s right on gay marriage at next week’s National Conference.
Political snippets: Make it a real conscience vote
One thing that most elected politicians really dislike is fair dinkum democracy. When they talk about “a conscience vote” they certainly do not mean that your opinion and mine should decide an issue.
Feeney: why I support a conscience vote on gay marriage
I have been particularly struck by the testimony of same-sex couples about their desire to see their relationships treated with the same dignity and respect as heterosexual relationships, writes David Feeney, Labor Senator for Victoria.
