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.
Same sex marriage
Political snippets: Gay or straight, all families enjoy a day at the park
Happy families on both sides of the same-sex-marriage debate enjoy the great outdoors, Obama is more popular overseas than he is at home, and why Wayne Swan is furiously rubbing his lamp (get your mind out of the gutter!).
Gay marriage: ALP conference buzz topic
Gay marriage is turning out to be the hot topic of the ALP national conference with much debate occurring behind the scenes, even if PM Kevin Rudd has publicly quelled the idea.
Aussie gay couples Googling their rights
The legal rights of Australian gay couples are a confusing and messy affair, with information hard to find and too much time spent Googling their legal standing, says Davina Storer who recently got legally married in Canada.
Gay marriage hits the papers. Finally.
After initially refusing, The Kansas City Star has ended two months of controversy by publishing the marriage announcement of a same-sex couple in its “Celebrations” section.
Stonewall 40 years on: still second-class Americans
On the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, Frank Rich looks at how far America has — and hasn’t — come on the issue of gay rights.
Same sex marriage: polling at odds with Parliament
Polling shows our political representatives are far, far behind the curve of public opinion when it comes to the legal recognition of same sex marriages in Australia, writes Possum Comitatus.
Gay Labor MP to Rudd: “let me marry”
In South Australian parliament, openly gay Labor MLC Ian Hunter has implored PM Rudd to change Australia’s laws: “I can’t marry the person I love, not in my own country.”
Why wedding planners are pro-gay marriage
If half of the same-sex couples got hitched, Forbes estimates that the ailing wedding industry would reap nearly $10 billion in additional revenue.
Shanghai hosts China’s first gay pride festival
China’s first ever Gay Pride festival was a victory for Shanghai activists and, they hope, a step toward gay rights in China. But it is not, as one observer put it, the great leap forward.
Gay people can’t get married; can get divorced
California’s High Court has upheld the ban against gay marriage. But those who got married in the brief window where it was legal still have full rights — til death or divorce do they part.
The no-choice President
Is gay marriage sinking the pro-abortion movement? asks Jeffrey Lord.
US leads Oz on same-sex marriage
Australia’s refusal to recognise same-sex unions will start to present difficulties – especially in the migration area.
Video of the Day: Prop 8 — The Musical
“Prop 8 - The Musical” starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more… from Jack Black
Qld judge comes out for Kirby and same s-x super
One of Queensland’s most senior judges, Margaret McMurdo has made an unusually public plea of support for Michael Kirby, writes, b>Greg Barns.
Kevin Rudd says no to same-sex marriage
He has other priorities…
Sydney’s renegade Archbishop still on the path to righteousness
Sydney’s Anglican Archbishop, Peter Jensen, continues to outsmart the hierarchy of the world-wide church, and now has its dithering leadership exactly where he wants it – unable to do anything about the alternate international group he is clearly helping to establish, writes Jeff Wall
Same-sex marriage and adoption trips up Rudd
Kevin Rudd only has himself to blame for same-sex marriage and adoption tripping up his slick election campaign, writes Rodney Croome of the Australian Coalition for Equality.
Professor John Williams: Colonial authority
The willingness of the Howard Government to intervene in the governance of States and Territories, be it industrial relations, health and education policy sits strangely with a conservative government, says Professor John Williams.
