Doug Pollard, Author at Star Observer

New York state of mind

Doug Pollard — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:30:32 +0000

In 2004 John Howard and Labor amended the Marriage Act by adding: “Marriage means the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered ...

The post New York state of mind appeared first on Star Observer.

New York state of mind

Doug Pollard — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 05:30:04 +0000

In 2004 John Howard and Labor amended the Marriage Act by adding: “Marriage means the union of a man and a woman to the exclusion of all others, voluntarily entered ...

The post New York state of mind appeared first on Star Observer.

PM for sale

Doug Pollard — Tue, 21 Jun 2011 05:30:03 +0000

In August 2010 Julia Gillard accepted an invitation to meet Brigadier Jim Wallace (retd), leader of the Australian Christian Lobby. Wallace later said “she went out of her way to ...

The post PM for sale appeared first on Star Observer.

Labor of love

Doug Pollard — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 04:30:08 +0000

The Labor Party has come calling. Do we have any suggestions for its party platform? Only problem is, they want you to sign up first. Well bugger that. I want ...

The post Labor of love appeared first on Star Observer.

Making new friends

Doug Pollard — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:00:08 +0000

DOUG POLLARD Nothing is more depressing than the argument over refugees, which seems to have come down to ‘do we leave them to rot on a remote island, or pen ...

The post Making new friends appeared first on Star Observer.

State-sponsored child abuse

Doug Pollard — Wed, 18 May 2011 06:30:52 +0000

By now it’s pretty clear that, as Lady Gaga sings, we are ‘Born This Way’. The evidence is more than strong enough to declare the argument won. We are part ...

The post State-sponsored child abuse appeared first on Star Observer.

The mother of all battles

Doug Pollard — Wed, 04 May 2011 01:45:54 +0000

If there’s one thing I have learned from more than 40 years of community activism, it’s that you can never let up. Broadly speaking, Australia is more tolerant than it ...

The post The mother of all battles appeared first on Star Observer.

Queen for sale

Doug Pollard — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 06:00:59 +0000

Well, here we are on the cusp of the royal wedding and aren’t we all excited. Why? What on earth do the doings of a bunch of snobby upper-class Pommie ...

The post Queen for sale appeared first on Star Observer.

A tale of two cultures

Doug Pollard — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 07:00:19 +0000

Two guys drop into a pub for a drink. It’s their first date. They’re getting along fine. They exchange a kiss or two. Then suddenly, people are telling them to ...

The post A tale of two cultures appeared first on Star Observer.

That’s so gay — whatever gay is

Doug Pollard — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:38:43 +0000

Yet another survey offering a definitive answer to the question, “How many people are gay?” It’s by the Williams Institute of the University of California Los Angeles Law School. The ...

The post That’s so gay — whatever gay is appeared first on Star Observer.

Screaming Jesus

Doug Pollard — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:00:11 +0000

Sometimes you just can’t maintain the cynicism. Right after I rolled my eyes at a piece of US research claiming Catholics were hot for same-sex marriage, I was brought up ...

The post Screaming Jesus appeared first on Star Observer.

A breach of trust

Doug Pollard — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 08:29:54 +0000

The ALSO Foundation was originally created, with great foresight, to provide an aged-care facility for GLBTI seniors. Significant bequests were made to it for that purpose. But somewhere down the ...

The post A breach of trust appeared first on Star Observer.

Julia the Christian

Doug Pollard — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:45:28 +0000

Let me understand this. Here we have a prime minister who doesn’t believe in God telling us to read the Bible because it’s the basis of our tradition, society and ...

The post Julia the Christian appeared first on Star Observer.

Doug Pollard – Food, fat and faggotry

Doug Pollard — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 08:30:47 +0000

I love food. I love to cook, I love to eat, and I love to feed other people. And it shows. Yes folks, I have committed the cardinal gay sin: ...

The post Doug Pollard – Food, fat and faggotry appeared first on Star Observer.

Doug Pollard – I don’t want to get married in Rome

Doug Pollard — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:30:26 +0000

To be strictly accurate, I don’t want marriage: I want equality under existing marriage law. But what is marriage? A simple and traditional definition might be: An ongoing sexual relationship ...

The post Doug Pollard – I don’t want to get married in Rome appeared first on Star Observer.

Going Dutch

Doug Pollard — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:00:33 +0000

I live in an outer ’burb of Melbourne not known for its ethnic diversity. But those with a keen eye will find a small shelf of groceries in the supermarkets ...

The post Going Dutch appeared first on Star Observer.

Not so much a culture, more a pathology

Doug Pollard — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:30:59 +0000

As GLBTIQ folk we grow up and live under the burden of many damaging myths about ourselves, so it’s not surprising many of us grow up with a deep feeling ...

The post Not so much a culture, more a pathology appeared first on Star Observer.

The zombies are coming

Doug Pollard — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:00:04 +0000

The Australian Christaliban zombies are lurching out of the graveyards again, spurred by federal Government plans to extend anti-discrimination protection to sexual orientation and gender identity. They are currently on ...

The post The zombies are coming appeared first on Star Observer.

Questions of morality

Doug Pollard — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 07:30:01 +0000

The battle over equal marriage is hotting up again. The dinosaurs of the Liberal Party and the Australian Christian Lobby are once more howling about ‘protecting’ marriage, by which they ...

The post Questions of morality appeared first on Star Observer.

Slouching towards Sydney

Doug Pollard — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 04:30:25 +0000

Believe it or not, Peter Madden, Christian Democratic Party candidate for Sydney in the NSW state election (he hopes to unseat Clover Moore), and I have something in common. Madden ...

The post Slouching towards Sydney appeared first on Star Observer.