June 2004
- 'Marrying folks' (27 Jun 04)
Dr Carter Heyward Episcopal priest theology professor and resident of Massachusetts believes "that the church should get out of the marriage business altogether." However she writes in the The Witness ...
- Historically parked (27 Jun 04)
Living in the inner city even a young city like Canberra puts us near to enjoyable places with an interesting history. Haig Park is very close to the apartment where ...
- Praying and working for peace in Iraq (27 Jun 04)
George Browning Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn has joined the Anglican Primate of Australia Archbishop Peter Carnley to ask Anglican Churches throughout the country to open on 30 June for ...
- Urgent homophobia (24 Jun 04)
The Australian Government is very keen to deny the courts an opportunity to recognise the marriages of same-sex couples who were married overseas.A Bill passed by the House of Representatives ...
- Some progress on super (22 Jun 04)
Follwing negotiations between the Government and the Australian Democrats the Superannuation Legislation Amendment (Choice of Superannuation Funds) Bill 2003 passed by the Senate yesterday contains amendments to a person in ...
- Empty yet filled (20 Jun 04)
Often it's a certain wetness behind the eyes (or else a joyful laugh) that tells me I'm 'connecting' during each Sunday's church services. This week the theme was liberation but ...
- Is Eames listening? (18 Jun 04)
A piece by Kevin Jones posted to the Every Voice Network raises some troubling questions about the conduct of the Lambeth Commission which is studying the way forward for the ...
- Restoring communion (17 Jun 04)
In a submission to the Lambeth Commission Njongonkulu Ndungane Archbishop of Cape Town has written magnificently of the way ahead in the world wide Anglican communion. Here are some extracts; ...
- Being as we are (14 Jun 04)
Last Sunday when we visited the parish that is likely to be our new church family this was the first hymn we sang - how welcoming! Come as you are ...
- Pawns and wedge politics (14 Jun 04)
Dr Muriel Porter a leading Australian Anglican laywoman writes in The Age of 14 June 2004 on "How our 'leaders' are exploiting gays"It is time for a reality check in ...
- New Zealand has a go (10 Jun 04)
Newly elected Archbishop and maori-rights advocate Whakahuihui Vercoe of New Zealand has envisaged a world without homosexuality. However only a month ago the General Synod of The Anglican Church in ...
- The puzzle of Peter (09 Jun 04)
As a superb advocate for Australia's environment sometime rager against the machine and President of the Australian Conservation Foundation (he resigned yesterday) why does Dr Peter Garrett AM want to ...
- Visibility = life (09 Jun 04)
It is a question of making conflicts more visible of making them more essential than mere confrontations of interests or mere institutional immobility. Out of these conflicts these confrontations a ...
- Pious Parliamentarians (08 Jun 04)
In this article in the Sydney Morning Herald (6 June) Brian Toohey notes that "by Australian standards practising Christians are over-represented in Parliament." Slightly less than 9 per cent of ...
- Paschal pyrotechnics (07 Jun 04)
James and I recently began attending St. Philip's Anglican Church in the suburb of O'Connor near to our home. As the church website reports this year's Paschal [Easter] Candle was ...
- Ageing and sexuality (06 Jun 04)
I have become interested in issues of well being spirituality and health for older gay and lesbian people. Quite a lot of work has been done on these things outside ...
- Caring for our seniors (06 Jun 04)
This year the ALSO Foundation published About Time!: GLBT Seniors ALSO Matter prepared by Heather Birch edited by Dr Daryl Higgins (Melbourne 2004). ISBN 0-9580887-2-1. It can be downloaded from ...
- Lest I forget (05 Jun 04)
I did not realise until too late this year that 29 May is Sandakan Day commemorating allied prisoners of war who died in the notorious forced marches that left from ...
- Creative Commons criticised (03 Jun 04)
I have made the use of original material on this site subject to Creative Commons Licence. Not everyone likes the idea. See for instance this critique from Australia. ...
- Early fallout (03 Jun 04)
Already the fallout begins from the Anglican Church of Canada's decisions on same-sex relationships. Anglican Journal reports that nine bishops of the Church have declared that its General Synod was ...
- Labor too clever (03 Jun 04)
In Parliament yesterday Labor moved to have the Government bring on its promised law to provide equal superannuation benefits to same-sex couples. Government members voted against the motion - supposedly ...
- The Greens prefer principle (02 Jun 04)
Greens Senator Bob Brown has criticised Labor's decision to support the Howard government's legislation to outlaw same-sex marriage as "politics over principle". There is little love lost between the Greens ...
- Senator speaks Out! (02 Jun 04)
Labor Party Senator Penny Wong is Australia's first Asian-born female senator but has now spoken out as a lesbian and in support of rights for same-sex couples to marry and ...
- Meanwhile, in New South Wales ... (01 Jun 04)
Greens Member of the New South Wales Legislative Council Lee Rhiannon has given notice of a private member's bill to change NSW anti-discrimination law. The Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 of New ...
- The Dems' bit (01 Jun 04)
For the sake of completeness I guess I should also report that The Australian Democrats have welcomed Labor support of a Senate inquiry on the Government's proposals. Australian Democrat Senator ...
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