CAAH
COMMUNITY ACTION AGAINST HOMOPHOBIA
MEDIA RELEASE
24th May 2007

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE RIGHTS & EQUALITY FOR ALL - A CALL TO ACTION. REPEAL THE BAN ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE.

National Day of Action August 12th

Australia was the first country to have banned same-sex marriage. This ban runs contrary to other Western nations which have legalised same-sex marriage such as Belgium, Netherlands, and now Spain . Even arch-conservative Bush has not been able to ban same-sex marriage within America . The progressive state of Massachusetts within America still operates as a liberated zone -- continuing to marry same sex couples.

Not content to ban same-sex marriage the Howard government banned Australian Capital Territories (ACT) civil unions in June 2006 and squashed any hope of an ACT same-sex registration scheme. The Howard government intends to ban overseas same sex adoption in the lead up to the election this year.

We are fighting a staunchly homophobic regime. Any initiatives for relationship schemes are welcome – but we will not give up the fight for full equality – for full same-sex marriage rights.

Join us in the fight to repeal the marriage ban and for marriage rights for all.

Rally for the National Day of Action on August 11, 3 years after they banned same-sex marriage.

A forum to launch the build up to the NDA to repeal the ban on Same Sex Marriage will be held on the 13th June & your attendance is encouraged to sign onto the campaign

In 2006 this NDA was endorsed by:

1) AIDS Council of NSW (ACON)
2) Amnesty International (Australia)
3) Australian Bisexual Network
4) Australian Democrats
5) Australian Lesbian Medical Association
6) Australian Marriage Equality
7) Bi-NSW
8) Canterbury Bankstown Gay & Lesbian Social Group (CBD)
9) Community Action Against Homophobia (CAAH)
10) Council for Civil Liberties NSW
11) Council of Australian Post Graduate Associations (CAPA)
12) Gay & Lesbian Rights Lobby (GLRL)
13) Gender Centre
14) Greens
15) Leather Pride, Sydney
16) Lesbian & Gay Solidarity
17) Mature Age Gays (MAG)
18) Metropolitan Community Church
19) National Union of Students (NUS)
20) New Mardi Gras
 21) Newcastle University Student Association
22) Pride Centre Sydney
23) Queer Play UNSW
24) Queer Professionals
25) Queer Students Network
26) Radical Women
27) Rainbow Babies & Kids
28) Rainbow Labor
29) Resistance
30) SAGE (Sex & Gender Education)Australia
31) Socialist Alliance
32) Stonewall Democrats
33) Sydney University Queer Collective
34) 10/40 Matrix
35) United Ecumenical Catholic Church
36) UTS OUTS Action Collective
37) UTS Progressive Law Students Network
38) UTS Students Association

Can your organisation sign on to fight for equality in 2007?


CAAH MEDIA CONTACTS (For further comments contact)
Farida Iqbal 0412109160do_the_bim@yahoo.com [ CAAH Activist ]
Ben Edwards 0421662900ben8721@hotmail.com [ CAAH Activist ]
Shelly Dahl 0417735597 shiverstess@gmail.com [ CAAH Sydney Co-Convenor ]
Allan Priestly 0402630132zandriacafe@hotmail.com [ CAAH Sydney Co-Convenor ]