Marriage Equality has come to Ireland through a popular referendum. The result was hailed by the May 23 New York Times as placing Ireland 鈥渁t the vanguard of social change鈥.
This will be surprising to many, considering Ireland is a country in which transgender status is not recognised by the state, abortion is illegal, gay couples are denied access to surrogacy, unmarried couples cannot adopt, and homosexuality was decriminalised as recently as 1994.
Karl Hand
It鈥檚 impossible to ignore any longer just how cruel and irrational the government鈥檚 war on refugees has become after violent attacks in the Manus Island detention centre left one dead and scores injured.
About 1500 people rallied in Sydney on March 8 in protest against the alleged police violence at this year鈥檚 Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.
This winter, I experienced the hospitality of Jarrod McKenna, Teresa Lee and their son Tyson. They鈥檙e a family of peace activists, who ruggedly live out communal economics and radical permaculture in Peace Tree Community in Perth. They opened their home to me so that I could take a week out to write in peace.
In my spare moments, I have been collecting Christian responses to the Occupy Wall Street movement. A few common themes have emerged.