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Abbott's sister spruiks same-sex marriage at Liberal moderates' dinner

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imageForeign Minister Julie Bishop and Prime Minister Tony Abbott listen to former MP Bruce Baird.AAP/Tracey Nearmy

The moderates are often discreet with their opinions in the federal parliamentary Liberal Party these days, outnumbered by those in the right. But at the “Black Hand” dinner, held in conjunction with the party’s federal...

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Forgiveness as the first step in reconciliation

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageAlex Drennan, CC BY-SA

This week’s sentencing of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev for the Boston Marathon bombing and the sad aftermath of Dylann Roof’s racial killings in Charleston, South Carolina have raised the question of forgiveness in an acute fashion.

Can Tsarnaev and Roof ever be forgiven? Should they be forgiven?

Does anyone but a surviving...

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The Supreme Court upholds same-sex marriage: expert reaction

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imageCelebrating the ruling in Washington, June 26 2015Joshua Roberts/Reuters

Editor’s note: Today the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that marriage is a legal right – striking down same-sex marriage bans in 14 states and ordering states to recognize same-sex marriages performed in other states.

Marriage is a fundamental right

Danielle Weatherby,...

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