Tag: Australia

Archbishop Glenn Davies says same-sex marriage would have "irreparable consequences." The Anglican church has donated $1 million Australian (or about $85,000 U.S.) to fight same-sex marriage in Australia. The Sydney archdiocese’s donation is the largest public contribution to the “No” campaign, which is urging Australians to vote against legalizing marriage equality in the national postal survey ending November 15. “Brothers and sisters, the stakes are high and the cost is high,” said Archbishop Glenn Davies. “Yet the cause is just and it...

Not much to this. Mark Ruffalo & Chris Hemsworth are extraordinarily attractive. Chris is a god amongst gods who was recently seen shirtless on the beach (see more here), and Mark is simply one smoking hot piece of eye candy who had a very memorable scene in Foxcatcher (look for his particular wrestling scene of him in lycra. Woof). https://www.instagram.com/p/BaTjlcLhfcb/ Anyways, they are both in Australia promoting their movie Thor: Ragnarok and have been posting many photos on their Instagram accounts....

And he thinks the national anthem will be Macklemore's 'Same Love' A Christian minister who has long campaigned against Australia’s LGBTI community has warned marriage equality would lead to seperate citizenships for gay people. Fred Nile is a minister and New South Wales state politician for the Christian Democratic Party. He is also a long-standing opponent of LGBTI people. Since the 1980s he has prayed for rain to stop the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade going ahead. But the announcement that...

'Democracy sausage' was the 2016 Australian Word of the Year An Australian tradition is being brought to the campaign for marriage equality and it might help get the ‘yes’ votes over the line. Australia is holding a non-compulsory post survey on marriage equality, with people having the option of sending their postal forms back if they choose to. Usually, voting at federal and state elections is compulsory in Australia. Some time ago a tradition was born where polling stations hosted ‘sausage sizzles’,...

Now is not the time to be complacent, if you're an Aussie and haven't posted your vote or voted online yet, do it now! LGBTI advocates are reluctant to celebrate the results of a new Reachtel poll that shows Australia is on track to vote ‘yes’ to same-sex marriage. Australians are currently posting back survey forms which ask them if they think the law should be changed to allow same-sex marriage. If the majority of the 16 million eligible voters agree,...

'You haven't voted yes, until you've posted yes'. Send your votes back today! The team running the ‘yes’ campaign for marriage equality in Australia are ‘delighted’ with the number of ballots returned in a national survey on the issue. Australians are being asked whether they think the law should be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry. The government is holding a national, non-binding postal survey to gauge Australians view on the issue. It commissioned the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) to...

"We love just like everyone else. Please, Australia." The postal survey that will help decide the fate of marriage equality in Australia underway, with the results being announced on November 15. And a number of celebrities have been vocal in their support for same-sex marriage Down Under. Below, we list 11 of the biggest names encouraging Australians to vote “Yes.” Hugh Jackman https://www.instagram.com/p/BVz2EhmjKBy/ The Wolverine star is the latest celebrity to announce he’s voting “yes” in the poll, tweeting that he and his wife...

Hugh Jackman is the latest Australian celebrity to come out in support of marriage equality. With the country now voting on same-sex marriage, the Wolverine star is explaining why he and his wife, Deborah-Lee Furness, are showing support for the "yes" vote. https://twitter.com/RealHughJackman/status/912637963686809601?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Finstinctmagazine.com%2Fpost%2Fhugh-jackman-shows-his-support-marriage-equality-australia He writes: “We believe all Australians deserve to be treated equally under the law. That’s why Deb & I are voting YES #equality and #love!” Every bit of support for the yes vote is a tremendous help. Recently, in Sydney, protesters held...

The result is set to be announced on November 15th A new poll has discovered that opposition to same-sex marriage in Australia is on the rise. Australia’s vote on the issue of marriage equality has already divided the country’s national rugby team, as well as the country as a whole over the past few weeks. A poll of 1,695 voters by Galaxy Research found support for same-sex marriage dropped in the past five weeks, from 63% to 57%. Even more worryingly, opposition has...

With a whopping crowd of "about 20 people." Last month the Australian right-wing group, Party For Freedom, announced its plans to hold a “straight lives matter” rally in Sydney on September 23. And this past week it actually happened. According to ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) a crowd of “about 20 people” event at Green Park were far outnumbered by counter-protestors. “Some people have said it’s provocative but we’re just exercising our democratic right to freedom of speech and freedom of location,” said Nick...

'I watched him get married in London, now let him get married in Australia too' I love my twin brother more than anything. I was the first person he ever came out to and recently, he asked me to be his best man at his wedding in London. But as the straight identical twin brother of my now married womb buddy, it is hard to imagine a universe where the wedding I attended just over a month ago means absolutely nothing...

Mayor Darcy Byrne has announced that he would like to make same-sex marriages free if Australia decides to legalize them. Darcy Byrne just recently won his mayoral seat with the Inner West Council, a local government council in control of the inner western region of New South Wales in the city of Sydney, Australia. Just days after that win, Cr Byrne in a Facebook Live session made the announcement saying that he will use council resources to help same-sex couples. "We have...

Tony Abbott was not headbutted for opposing same-sex marriage despite his claims to the contrary. Mr Abbott, the country’s right-wing former Prime Minister, has been a vocal opponent of same-sex marriage as voters have their say on the issue in a binding postal vote. He was a victim of an attack during a confrontation yesterday after attending a meeting with anti-gay marriage campaigners in the city of Hobart. Mr Abbott’s sustained only “minor injuries” in the attack, which the politician claimed was...

'If any gender can do a job, they should be welcomed' The Australian Defence Force (ADF) has just recruited its first gender non-binary cadet. The Australian Government introduced a ‘gender X’ category for public service employees in 2013 for people who don’t identify as male or female. ‘People who fall into this ­category may use a variety of terms to self-identify,’ the government guidelines state. ‘Gender is part of a person’s personal and social identity. It ­refers to the way a person feels,...