Speak Now

Australian Perspectives on Same-Sex Marriage

Victor Marsh

• Publisher: Clouds of Magellan
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9780980712094
• eBook ISBN:
  9781742981130
• Topic: Social Sciences
• Subtopic: Marriage & Family Sociology
• Index: Social Sciences

A collection of essays, reflections and personal stories from 'enthusiasts, acceptors, sceptics and hesitants' showing the passion and depth around the issue of same-sex marriage. Over thirty writers, a mix of activist and reflective voices, explore the legacy of the 2004 changes to the Australian Marriage Act, which now states - and which must be stated at every wedding - 'marriage is between a man and a woman'. CONTRIBUTORS:
Dennis Altman AM, Barbara Baird, Andrew Barr and Anthony Toms, Michael Carden, Rodney Croome AM, Elaine Crump, Sharon Dane, Michelle Dicinoski, Luke Gahan, Evelyn Gray, Ryan Heath, Lynne Hillier and Tiffany Jones, Crusader Hillis, Walter Jennings, Michael Kirby, Benjamin Law, Victor Marsh, Rev. Dorothy McRae-McMahon, Paul Martin, Alyena Mohummadally and Catherine Roberts, Chris Morgan, Wayne Morgan, Rev. Nathan Nettleton, Maria Pallotta-Chiarolli, Kerryn Phelps AM, Damien Riggs, Donald Ritchie, Wendell Rosevear OAM, Lulu Shapiro and Jannine Lockyer, Adiva Sifris and Paula Gerber, Peter Tatchell, Yantra de Vilder, Zenith Virago, Deb Wain, Kees Waaldijk, Tim Wilson, Tim Wright

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• CONTRIBUTORS
• FOREWORD
• EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION: LOVE MATTERS
• WHY GAY MARRIAGE?
• HISTORICAL CONTEXTS FOR A VERY PUBLIC AUSTRALIAN LESBIAN COUPLING
• OUT IN THE ACT
• CHRISTIANITY, MARRIAGE, LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP
• A HISTORY OF FREEDOM TO MARRY IN AUSTRALIA
• MARRIED IN CANADA, LIVING IN OZ
• NOT SO PRIVATE LIVES …
• HOW TO GROW A LAWN
• THE INS AND OUTS OF MARRIAGE (AND DIVORCE)
• MAKE MY DAUGHTER EQUAL
• STUCK ON THE MEZZANINE
• ‘ON MY 50 YEAR ANNIVERSARY I WANT A LETTER FROM THE QUEEN’
• THOUGHTS OF A MARRIAGE AGNOSTIC
• HEAD OVER FALLS IN LOVE
• TYING THE K(NOT)!
• I’M NOT EVEN SURE I REALLY LIKE RAINBOWS
• ‘ARE YOU AND ALI MARRIED, GRANDMA?’
• GATHERING THE PIECES
• WHEN WORLDS, HAPPILY, COLLIDE
• MARRIAGE AT THE EDGE
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF RELATIONSHIP LAW REFORM IN AUSTRALIA
• SUPPORTING SAME-SEX MARRIAGE AS A HETEROSEXUAL, BIBLE-BELIEVING BAPTIST PASTOR
• ‘MESSING UP THE COUPLES’ CABINET’: ON THE ‘QUEERLY MIXED’ BORDERS OF THE ‘RESIDUAL’ AND THE ‘EMERGENT’ IN THE MARRIAGE DEBATES
• MARRIAGE EQUALITY: NO MORE LAME EXCUSES
• THE RACIAL POLITICS OF MARRIAGE CLAIMS: RIGHTS AND RELATIONSHIPS IN COLONIAL CONTEXTS
• CUSTOMS
• LOVE IS NOT A THREAT
• OUR FAMILY
• IT MAKES NO SENSE: ADOPTION BY SAME-SEX COUPLES IN AUSTRALIA
• DEAR JULIA, THE PUBLIC SUPPORTS GAY MARRIAGE. WHY WON’T YOU?
• GREETINGS FROM THE ISLE OF LESBOS
• CONDUCTING COMMITMENT CEREMONIES
• I GOT MARRIED, SOME CAN’T. THAT’S NOT FAIR
• RESPECTING DIVERSITY AND RIGHTS
• LOVE TRIUMPHING OVER FEAR
• APPENDIX
• Further reading
• Other titles from Clouds of Magellan