Australian Students Demand Greater LGBT Respect from Catholic Institutions

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College students in Australia are protesting an upcoming lecture by a of a Catholic man... Read More

Australian Archbishop Allows Students to Take Same-Gender Dates to Dances

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The archbishop of Melbourne, Australia, has made a decision which is one of the healthiest... Read More

Australian Priest Warns Marriage Vote Could Be "Very Nasty"

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A plebiscite over marriage equality is a “waste of time” and “risks turning very nasty,”... Read More

Australian Bishops Face Discrimination Complaint Over Anti-Marriage Book

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Australia’s bishops are facing a discrimination complaint about an anti-marriage equality publication they published earlier this year,... Read More

Australia's Archbishop Mark Coleridge: Finally, a Bishop Who "Gets It" !

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Below is the next installment of Bondings 2.0’s reports from the Synod on Marriage and... Read More

Progressive Catholic Ousts Anti-Equality Catholic in Australian Leadership Vote

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Australians have a new prime minister after a leadership vote ousted the heavily criticized Tony Abbott, a Catholic, in favor of a more progressive Catholic who supports marriage equality. Read More

What Mexican Catholics Can Teach Australia (and the World) When It Comes to Marriage

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In Bonding 2.0's update on marriage equality's global progress as it relates to Catholics earlier this week, we reported Mexico's legalization of same-gender marriages and Australia's failure to do so. To many, it is a paradox that a highly Catholic nation would advance LGBT rights while the land of "No Worries" is stalled after more than a decade debating the issue. Read More

Marriage Equality Momentum Grows in Philippines, While Australia's Catholic PM Keeps Up Opposition

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Marriage equality's global progress is still limited, legal in only twenty-one nations so far, but historically Catholic areas keep advancing LGBT rights. Below, Bondings 2.0 offers updates about several relevant developments in the Philippines, Australia, and elsewhere. Read More

In Australia: Rainbow Colors Celebrate Acceptance, Pride, and Faith

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Today’s post is written by a guest blogger:  Tim Smyth, of Sydney, Australia. Six banners,... Read More

Australia's Bishops Use Schoolchildren in New Campaign Against Marriage Equality

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Ireland's passage of marriage equality has triggered a campaign by Australia's bishops for "the very soul of marriage," wrongly employing educators schoolchildren in Catholic schools as their messengers. Read More