Monthly Archives: February 2012

Qld Civil Partnerships Mimic Marriage

Today the first applications were lodged for civil partnerships in Queensland. They were lodged at the Marriage Registry, to mimic marriage; they allow for a 'celebrant' appointed by the state (a 'notary') and a formal public ceremony, and no doubt flowers and...
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SPIKED editor trashes the racism analogy

That unpredictable leftie, Brendon O'Neill (editor of online magazine SPIKED) writes:
"This comparison between restrictions on interracial marriage and restrictions on gay marriage is utterly moronic; it is historically illiterate and politically opportunistic."
He asks campaigners for same sex marriage to...
"at least be honest about what is happening here: people are campaigning for the setting up of...
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