http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/davina-storer/ Davina Storer was born in Queensland and spent most of her childhood growing up in Tasmania before moving to Melbourne. She currently works as a marketing officer and is also a documentary filmmaker. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:13 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/why-doesnt-our-marriage-count/ On Friday, 5th of June this year, my partner Beck and I were married in Vancouver, Canada. However, since arriving home in Australia, our marriage is no longer recognised, and this has brought significant sadness to our lives, and also to our families who were unable to travel to Vancouver to be with us on our special day.  Beck and I are now in the bizarre predicament, that we are married in a growing number of countries in the world, but not married here in our own country. Some people find this funny, saying we have the ‘best of both worlds’ we can get on a plane and be married one day, and get off a plane and be free of the ‘ball and chain’ the next. But this situation is far from funny to us. It is heartbreaking because we want to be married all the time, not just in certain parts of the world. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Davina Storer) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/why-doesnt-our-marriage-count/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/why-doesnt-our-marriage-count/#item725 Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:00:40 +0000 Davina Storer | Author bios | The Punch