Thanks, melwil, for reminding me:

The Australian House of Representatives is seeking submissions on the Marriage Equality Bill. The survey asking for people's opinion is here and is very quick and easy to fill in.

(I suspect my response was idiosyncratic - I want same-sex marriage AND I want the Act to treat religious and civil celebrants in exactly the ( Read more... )

Will elaborate on this later, but for the moment let me just say that my friends and I are determined that the Australian Christian Lobby is going to go DOWN. And that as ministers we'll get to celebrate same-sex marriages in the next decade.

Many of my brothers and sisters in Christ leave me cringing and covering my eyes in disbelief. But not the Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town! Hooray for this absolutely faithful statement. "Hate has no place in the house of God. No one should be excluded from our love, our compassion or our concern because of race or gender, faith or ethnicity -- or ( Read more... )

The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation has announced the nominees for its 21st Annual Media Awards.

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The small thing being the caption on this photo from a review of Top Gun in Empire Magazine.The small mind being mine.


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You can watch this video on www.livejournal.com

I snagged this from authoressnebula . My computer is sadly mute, so I have no idea what the background music is like, but the images had me crying. I have friends whose relationships (in one case a marriage performed in Canada) aren't recognised here in Australia. And that hurts a lot. Plus, as someone who marries couple professionally, I'd love to be able to ( Read more... )