Tag: Marriage equality
Third time lucky? What has changed in the latest draft of the religious discrimination bill?
The Morrison government has finally provided details of the third draft of its religious discrimination bill. This prompted heated discussion in a meeting of Coalition MPs...
A ‘Christian nation’ no longer: why Australia’s religious right loses policy battles even when it wins elections
AAP (various)
Conservative Christians are prominent in Australia’s Liberal-National Coalition parties. Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott are two of the most devout and theologically conservative prime ministers in...
If Australia says ‘yes’, churches are still free to say ‘no’ to marrying same-sex couples
Religious organisations have freedom
under Australian law to practise their own doctrines and marriage rituals.
As debate about marriage equality escalates in light...
Marriage Equality – Why a YES vote is important
An Editorial
Now the papers for the non-binding vote on marriage equality have started to be delivered and with them, comes a very important decision.
Do...
The postal survey is both bizarre and typical in the history of Western marriage
Marriage reform of any kind has been
historically slow to take hold.
The High Court’s decision to allow exceptional government spending on the marriage postal survey makes...
Marriage equality lobby and Labor must decide how to handle postal ballot
Malcolm Turnbull has bought himself immediate
relief from the backbench revolt. Lukas Coch/AAP
When it comes to the Liberals and same-sex marriage, each “solution” seems...