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    Rudd support will create new stolen generation: ACL

    The Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) claims that former prime minister Kevin Rudd’s new-found support for marriage equality will create a new “stolen generation”. A statement released by ACL Tuesday morning said that despite rightly giving an apology...

    • Posted 3 days ago
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    Rudd reverses gay marriage position

    Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has revealed a change of heart on the issue of marriage equality, announcing that he now believes a “secular Australian state should be able to recognise same sex marriage”. Rudd posted a...

    • Posted 3 days ago
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    Greens push for overseas marriage

    Same-sex marriages performed overseas are in the sights of the Greens after they introduced a new bill into the federal Parliament today. Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young has introduced the Marriage Act Amendment (Recognition of Foreign Marriages for...

    • Posted 8 days ago
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    Marriage equality lights up Minneapolis

    Minnesota became the 12th US state to legalise marriage for same-sex couples this week and boy did they celebrate. Governor Mark Dayton signed the marriage equality bill into law on Tuesday after the state Senate passed it...

    • Posted 8 days ago
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    Brazilian court ruling allows gay marriages

    Australian marriage equality advocates have welcomed news that Brazilian gay couples should be allowed to marry now after a top judicial body ruled that same-sex couples shouldn’t be denied marriage licenses. AFP reported the National Council of Justice,...

    • Posted 9 days ago
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    Pratt calls out Abbott

    WA Labor Senator Louise Pratt has questioned why federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has allowed MPs to speak their minds on some issues and not on marriage equality. Pratt seized on the comments made by Liberal backbencher...

    • Posted 9 days ago
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    Flag fail

    Labor’s push for Sydney’s LGBTI vote hit a roadblock at a City of Sydney Council meeting on Monday night as more than a hundred people gathered in the public gallery and chalked rainbows on the footpath in front of...

    • Posted 10 days ago
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    Minnesota passes marriage equality bill

    Minnesota has become the 12th US state  - and the third in two weeks – to pass legislation in favour of same-sex marriage. The Minnesotan Senate approved marriage equality after several hours of debate on Monday with a...

    • Posted 10 days ago
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    Marriage rally draws sombre tale

    X Factor contestant Paige Phoenix highlighted an often untouched part of the marriage equality debate on Saturday when he told of getting married to his wife, only to have it revoked on a technicality. The transgender man...

    • Posted 11 days ago
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    Thanks NZ: SA Labor

    Social Inclusion minister Ian Hunter has welcomed moves by the South Australian Labor Party to formally congratulate New Zealand for passing its same-sex marriage laws last month. SA Labor politicians, MLA Steph Key and MLC Gerry Kandelaars,...

    • Posted 14 days ago
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