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Eat dinner for a cause with Anna and Jordan Bruno this weekend

Eat dinner for a cause with Anna and Jordan Bruno this weekend

My Kitchen Rules alumnae Anna and Jordan Bruno are cooking up a storm at The Court Hotel to raise funds for the YES Campaign. Jordan told OUTinPerth this was his way of being part of fighting for a YES outcome in the postal survey on same-sex marriage. “I wanted to do it as my way […]

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Advocates welcome high participation rate in marriage survey

Advocates welcome high participation rate in marriage survey

Marriage equality advocates have welcomed the announcement from the Australian Bureau of Statistics that indicates that many Australians have already posted back their marriage survey forms. The Equality Campaign said they were delighted with the high number of survey returns reported by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. The ABS which has been administering […]

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Ian Thorpe posts his survey form and wishes everyone a great weekend

Ian Thorpe posts his survey form and wishes everyone a great weekend

Olympian Ian Thorpe today posted his YES Ballot in the postal survey and called on Australians to enjoy the AFL and NRL grand finals, and the east coast’s long weekend. “This a really important weekend, not only is it a long weekend but also the grand finals of the footy. So I want everyone in […]

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Tiernan Brady on why a positive message will win the marriage debate

Tiernan Brady on why a positive message will win the marriage debate

As Australian long drawn out debate over marriage equality drags on, the head of the ‘Yes’ campaign is adamant that one side of the debate will be sticking to a positive message. “We have got to this point by being a positive and respectful campaign, and we are going to remain utterly, totally and unendingly […]

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No campaign for marriage gets the most media coverage

No campaign for marriage gets the most media coverage

The Coalition for Marriage claim to be the voice of the silent majority, and regularly argue that their voice is being shut out of the debate on marriage equality, but several surveys have shown that the claim is simply not true. A survey commissioned by The Guardian, and conducted by Isentia Research and Insights, has shown […]

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Catholic Archbishop says gay people are equal but not the same

Catholic Archbishop says gay people are equal but not the same

Archbishop Mark Coleridge, the Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, says gay couples do not qualify for marriage, just as siblings are not allowed to wed, and parents are forbidden from marrying their own children. Appearing on the ABC program News Breakfast, the senior Catholic leader said the love between gay couples was like the love between […]

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“It’s just about fairness” Yes campaign launches new advertisement

“It’s just about fairness” Yes campaign launches new advertisement

The Equality campaign has launched a new advertisement highlighting that marriage equality is just about fairness. The latest TV spot doesn’t involve any LGBTI couples, instead showing a traditional nuclear family showing support for marriage equality. As the kids carefully measure out a row of drinks, with one child watching carefully to ensure the liquid […]

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Equality campaign’s mass SMS exercise causes anger

The Equality campaign has upset some Australians, from both sides of the marriage debate, by sending out an SMS encouraging people to select Yes in the postal survey. The text message notes that the government’s marriage survey forms have now arrived and encourages people to tick the ‘Yes’ box on the forms. It also contains […]

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Lyle Shelton says most gay couples don’t want to get married

Lyle Shelton says most gay couples don’t want to get married

Lyle Shelton, the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby says gay couples don’t to get married and the entire marriage equality debate is about ulterior motives. Shelton, one of the leading voices of the NO campaign, was a appearing on Sky News when he made the claim. “I don’t think this debate has even […]

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Marriage equality advocates vow to fight revived plebiscite plan

Marriage equality advocates vow to fight revived plebiscite plan

Marriage equality advocates have slammed the Liberal party’s decision to maintain their policy of holding a plebiscite on marriage equality. Following a party room meeting the Liberal MPs voted to resubmit their failed plebiscite policy to the senate, adding the threat of rolling out a postal plebiscite if the opposition and crossbench don’t pass the […]

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