Same-sex attracted people have poorer mental health than their heterosexual peers, but In jurisdictions that have legalised same-sex marriage, the gap between the two is much smaller.
Christians who call on the Bible to support their arguments against marriage equality are on shaky ground.
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Politics Podcast: Mathias Cormann on the same-sex marriage postal survey
Since announcing that the ABS would be responsible for carrying out the same-sex marriage postal survey, Mathias Cormann has had no shortage of questions.
Malcolm Turnbull’s net satisfaction rating plunged from minus 12 to minus 20 in the poll.
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The key question in a legal challenge to the ‘postal plebiscite’ is whether information about Australians’ opinions on same-sex marriage constitutes ‘statistical information’.
Christine Forster and her partner Virginia plan to marry.
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Tony Abbott, who resoundingly won an election being “Dr No”, will bring all his formidable attack skills to trying to kill the push to change the definition of marriage. In a pitch that sees him lined…
Malcolm Turnbull has bought himself immediate relief from the backbench revolt.
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When it comes to the Liberals and same-sex marriage, each “solution” seems to lead to a new problem. Tony Abbott’s plebiscite became bad news for Malcolm Turnbull; now Turnbull’s postal vote – to ask people…
Throughout Australian history, previous parliaments have changed the legal understanding of marriage – none needed a plebiscite.
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Having lit the match that fired same-sex marriage back onto the government’s immediate agenda, the five Liberal rebels have left Malcolm Turnbull with a dangerously smouldering issue that will burn on…
Director of the Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy & Associate Professor, New Testament, Pilgrim Theological College, University of Divinity