http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/tony-pitman/ Tony grew up in Gippsland in eastern Victoria and, after a year as an exchange student in Nigeria, studied science and law at the University of Melbourne and the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.  During his studies, he was a member of the Melbourne Uni. team that won the world finals of the Jessup international law moot court competition in Washington DC in 1993. In 1995, he was awarded the Lionel Murphy scholarship to study international law at the Sorbonne University in Paris and later worked for a short period at the United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice division in Vienna.  He then returned to university to study philosophy and spent several years traveling the world and filming a documentary after winning a small pile of cash on the game show, “The Weakest Link”. He is an avid traveler and has visited more than 60 countries and speaks three languages fluently.  For the last five years, he’s been living in Mexico City where he worked as a television actor.  He’s now back in Australia, living in Melbourne and working on a career as a filmmaker.  He’s also a devoted skeptic and produces a weekly skeptical radio show and podcast, “Reality Check”. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +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/Gay-marriage-which-side-of-history-is-Labor-on/ When the delegates at the ALP National Conference sat down on Saturday to discuss the issue of same-sex marriage, there’s one question that should have loomed large in their minds: “Which side of history do you want to be on?” Despite the result, same sex marriage is inevitable in Australia - and a quick analysis of two factors makes this blindingly obvious. The first is the international situation.  Seven countries have now introduced same-sex marriage, along will six states of the USA.  Just like so many other waves of social reform before it (giving women the vote, decriminalizing homosexuality, etc.) same-sex marriage will spread throughout the western, liberal democracies eventually reaching Australia.   The second factor that makes same-sex marriage inevitable is the demographics.  feedback@thepunch.com.au (Tony Pitman) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Gay-marriage-which-side-of-history-is-Labor-on/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/Gay-marriage-which-side-of-history-is-Labor-on/#item794 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:45:23 +0000 Tony Pitman | Author bios | The Punch