Australia: Lesbian Labor Minister Speaks Out Against Marriage Equality
OPENLY lesbian Climate Change Minister Penny Wong is under fire from the gay community after declaring her opposition to gay marriage. Australian Marriage Equality spokesperson Alex Greenwich said...
View ArticleAustralia: Wong’s Conversion on Marriage Equality Improves Chances for Passage
Federal Finance Minister Penny Wong’s push for gay marriage rights will increase the chances of same-sex marriage laws being introduced in the state, proponents say. On Saturday, Senator Wong was given...
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Australian finance minister Penny Wong and her partner Sophie Allouache are expecting a baby, through in vitro fertilization, Wong said in a statement: “Like any expecting parents, the prospect of...
View ArticleAustralia: Gillard Won’t Let Lesbian Minister’s Pregnancy Affect Marriage...
Australia’s finance minister announced yesterday that she is expecting a child with her female partner, but although Prime Minister Julia Gillard offered her warmest congratulations, she refused to...
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Australia: Why I Love Penny Wong
Have I told you how much I love Penny Wong? Not like that, obviously. Never met the woman. In fact, my one attempt to interview her, back when I had her tagged as the first female prime minister, met...
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Australia: Federal Finance Minister Rejects Marriage Equality Conscience Vote
Federal Finance Minister Penny Wong has this morning rejected Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s call for a conscience vote on marriage equality. In an opinion piece inMelbourne’s The Age newspaper this...
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Australia: Finance Minister Says Senate Unlikely to Pass Marriage Equality Bill
Senator Penny Wong, Australia’s gay Finance minister is downplaying expectations that the country’s upper parliamentary chamber will support equal marriage rights for same-sex couples in an historic...
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Australia: Youth Parliament Approves Marriage Equality; Senate Leader Rejects...
Lots of news coming out of Australia this morning on marriage equality. First off, the Youth Parliament in New South Wales voted 79-0 in the upper house and 40-4 in the lower house to approve a...
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Australia: Treasurer Thinks Marriage Equality Stance Will Bring Votes; Senate...
A couple updates out of Australia today. First off, the ACT Deputy Chief Minister and Treasurer Andrew Barr thinks Paul Rudd’s commitment to a marriage equality vote in Parliament could win his party...
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