Conservative family groups have met in Cape Town, South Africa, to collaborate on strategies to stop any more countries allowing same sex couple access to marriage. The representatives from a wide range of groups signed a declaration vowing to fight against marriage rights being extended to people who are in gay relationships. The Cape Town […]
Labor’s Shadow Attorney General Mark Dreyfus and Assistant Shadow Minister for Equality Terri Butler have met with Attorney General George Brandis and Special Minister for State Scott Ryan to find out more about the government’s plebiscite plan. The government needs the Labor Party’s support to pass the legislation to run the plebiscite, without their support […]
Lyle Shelton, the Executive Director of the Australian Christian Lobby is set to debate Jason Tuazon-McCheyne, the leader of the newly formed Equality Party about the issue of marriage on SKY news later today. The two speakers from opposing sides of the marriage equality debate will appear on the new weekly program hosted by Patricia Karvelas. […]
The Australian Christian Lobby has declared that the “battle” for marriage equality will be a key election issue and have called on supporters to fund a “war chest” to launch more campaigns against calls for marriage equality. In a letter sent out to supporters this week Lyle Shelton, the Executive Director of the ACL, describes […]
The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has told parliament that he’s confident marriage equality will be achieved in Australia via a plebiscite held sometime during the next parliamentary term. Mr Turnbull was responding to a question from Labor MP Terri Butler who suggest that the PM dump his expensive plebiscite option in favour of a free […]
Marriage Equality activist Stan Schirmer attended the Unity Australia marriage rally in Perth on Sunday to hear the arguments against allowing marriage rights to be given to same sex couples. Read his personal account of the claims being made about LGBTIQ+ people and their relationships. I attended a Unity Australia rally for traditional marriage at […]
Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said it’s “Okay to be gay” but reaffirmed his personal opposition to marriage equality. “I take the traditional position that marriage is between a man and a woman,” the PM said during a radio interview with Sydney station 2UE on Monday. “It’s been the position since time immemorial. I don’t […]
