Malcolm Turnbull’s tactic of cancelling the House of Representatives’ sitting next week is a short-sighted decision that smacks of lack of nerve.
Articles on Same-sex marriage
Displaying 81 - 100 of 333 articles
Some people may think it’s the duty of their MP to vote in the way they do. But political theory shows this doesn’t work.
Changing the Constitution is the only way to draw a line under this chaos.
The same-sex marriage postal survey gave Australians a chance to create data for social change. And that’s rare.
The proposed exemption for civil marriage celebrants undermines the aims and nature of Australia’s flourishing civil celebrant program.
The ‘yes’ vote disproves that the rise of the minor party vote is the result of a cultural backlash from people who reject the progressive agenda, including the expansion of rights for minorities.
In the same-sex marriage survey, the ‘yes’ vote came in at 57.8% in NSW – but in some western Sydney electorates, the ‘yes’ vote was as low as 26%.
Given that only 20 years ago Tasmania decriminalised male homosexuality, the same-sex marriage survey result represents an extraordinary change. But there is still work to be done.
Not everyone who could vote did vote in the voluntary postal vote on same-sex marriage. So what can we draw from the result if only four out of five eligible Australians took part?
Malcolm Turnbull needs to continue to stare down the conservative forces in his government, because what they are demanding is prejudiced and discriminatory.
The results of the same-sex marriage survey confirm what previous polling had shown, but western Sydney surprised with a strong ‘no’ vote.
Churches have been exempt from sex discrimination laws for years – now those opposed to same-sex marriage want that exemption to be extended to individuals.
The same-sex marriage ballot was strongly carried in all states and territories, and won in all but 17 of the 150 electorates.
Australia voted Yes to legalising same-sex marriage today, and it’s more important than ever to talk to your children about same-sex marriage and relationships.
The yes vote in the marriage equality postal survey will have broad reaching implications - including into LGBTIQ+ policies in the workplace.
When it comes to same-sex marriage, there’s a big gap in support between old and young gay men. Older gay men often see marriage as conservative, and fear marriage will create a “gold standard” for gay relationships.
Plenty of debate on Twitter about the marriage reform survey, and data from that can be crunched to predict the result. So what is it?
Michelle Grattan and Frances Shannon discuss the week in Australian politics.
Trust Me, I’m An Expert: Episode 1
The Conversation, CC BY-ND81.9 MB (download)
In this episode of Trust Me I'm An Expert, we're wading into the same-sex marriage debate with experts on the Bible and the law, and fact-checking claims that kids do best with a mother and a father.
Our society is now intolerant of those who are intolerant of others; they can be legally penalised. But is that in itself a failure of tolerance?
Top contributors
-
Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
-
Professor of Human Rights Law, Monash University
-
Associate Professor in History, La Trobe University
-
Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
-
Principal Research Fellow, Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University
-
Honorary Professorial Fellow, Melbourne CSHE, The University of Melbourne
-
Associate Professor, New Testament, & Inaugural Director of The Wesley Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Policy, University of Divinity
-
Adjunct Professor, School of Government and International Relations, Griffith University
-
Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
-
Honorary Researcher, Jack Brockhoff Child Health and Wellbeing Program, The University of Melbourne
-
Honorary Research Fellow, Trinity College Theological School, University of Divinity
-
Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academic, University of Canberra
-
Lecturer in Social Work, Brunel University of London
-
Senior Lecturer, The University of Western Australia
-
ANU Law, Australian National University