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Australia: MP’s Resent Being Told to Poll Electorate on Marriage Equality
Many federal politicians who have spoken about the views of their constituents on gay marriage say they resent being told how to do their job. MPs began reporting back to Parliament on Wednesday on the...
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Something Smells a Little Rotten in Australia…
Looking through the summaries of the reports from Members of Parliament on Crikey.com got me thinking. First off, how were the thirty MP’s who reported back on the issue chosen? Were they...
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United Kingdom: MP’s Won’t Be Forced to Support Marriage Equality
A formal Home Office consultation is being launched to examine how reforms to civil marriage laws could be introduced. Homosexual rights campaigners have welcomed the plans, which have been championed...
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UK: Catholic Archbishop Wants meeting With MPs on Marriage Equality Bill
More than eighty MPs have reportedly been invited to meet the Catholic Archbishop of Southwark to discuss the equal gay marriage proposals being publicly consulted on by the government. According to...
View ArticleNew Zealand: Slim Majority of MP’s Support Marriage Equality Bill
A bill to legalise same-sex marriage will pass its first hurdle when it comes before Parliament this week, a Herald poll of MPs shows. A straw poll found that a slender majority of 61 MPs wanted Labour...
View ArticleNew Zealand: Two MP’s Join Anti Marriage Equality Rally
Two MPS have joined a protest against same-sex marriage that included people with placards likening gay people to animals. In South Auckland yesterday, protesters carried handwritten placards saying...
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England/Wales, UK: Majority of MP’s in House of Commons Will Vote for...
A majority of MPs in the House of Commons have indicated that they intend to vote for the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales. The figures, collated by the Coalition for Equal...
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UK: Jon Stewart Mocks House of Commons Debate; More Marriage Equality Reactions
Jon Stewart had his own unique take on the recent debate over the United Kingdom’s marriage equality bill in the House of Commons, as Towleroad.com reports: “Tories, I know the stakes are lower over...
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France: MP’s Fight Over Marriage Equality Bill While Opponents Plan Another...
As Tuesday’s final vote on the marriage equality bill rapidly approaches, Members of Parliament have come to blows over the bill. Pink News reports: On Friday, the lower house of French National...
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Australia: Marriage Equality Campaign to Target 50 MP’s for Votes
Australian Marriage Equality today revealed the 50 Federal MPs targeted by the new nationwide “We’re Waiting” campaign. Only 25 more MPs are needed to support reform for legislation to pass the...
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