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The Dharun Ravi case: Law upheld, justice denied?

By Sun, Mar 18, 2012 1:59AM UTC View Comments

Now there are two victims. Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi. The former paid with his life. The latter will pay with his future. With the jury’s guilty verdict in the so-called Rutgers University webcam spying case, Ravi, it appears, has been turned into the proverbial sacrificial lamb for society’s collective guilt about its own bias...

Australia: ‘Flower power’ and the same-sex marriage bill

By Tue, Feb 14, 2012 2:41PM UTC View Comments Same-sex marriage supporters take the streets of Australia

Two private bills that will pave the way to legalising same-sex marriage in Australia were introduced today, the ABC reported. Labor MP Stephen Jones signalled he would introduce a private bill at the ALP’s conference in December. This will be the second bill following last week’s indication that Greens MP Adam Bandt and Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie would put forward a...

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