Tag: Australia
Dean Smith / Wyatt Roy “Heroes” And “True Liberals” – Call On Gov’t To Allow Vote On Cross-Party Bill
Marriage equality advocates have hailed Dean Smith and Wyatt Roy as heroes for vowing to vote for marriage equality and have called on the Government to allow a vote on the cross-party bill to be introduced Monday.
HRC Asks: What Are Australian Prime Minister Abbott Afraid of?
HRC joins with Australian Marriage Equality in expressing disappointment and anger at Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s latest political stunt: overriding the nearly three-quarters of Australians who believe in marriage equality by denying Members of Parliament the right to vote according to their own conscience on national marriage equality legislation.
You Can’t Stop Love Advocates Call For Coalition Members To Cross The Floor If Plebiscite Held, Must Be At The Next Election
Advocates have responded to the the coalition party room’s decision that there will not be a free vote on marriage equality and to the Prime Minister’s suggestion of a plebiscite or referendum on marriage equality.
Australia : Ministers, MPs doubt Abbott’s judgement after ramshackle gay marriage debate
Ministers, MPs and senators say the ramshackle same-sex marriage debate and slow dispatch of former speaker Bronwyn Bishop have rekindled doubts about Tony Abbott’s judgement and leadership.
Pratt & Smith – Last men hanged in England for gay sex
One hundred and eighty years ago, on 27 November 1835, a crowd gathered outside Newgate Prison in London to witness a macabre, notorious and historic event – the hanging of the last two men in England to be executed for the ‘abominable crime of buggery’ (anal sex).
Google forced to apologise after contractor threatens to remove gay bars from search engine
For a company that prides itself on being a pride ambassador, this was an awfully embarrassing gaffe at the hands of a contractor thousands of kilometres away.