The ACT government has been forced to abandon plans to legally recognise same-sex civil union ceremonies after the Rudd government refused to support the move.
ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell today said the Commonwealth had given him clear advice it intended to override the laws if passed by the ACT Legislative Assembly.
The ACT government originally passed its Civil Partnerships Bill in 2006 but it was disallowed by the Howard government.
Mr Corbell had hoped the new federal government would take a different approach, especially after Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised in December not to interfere with state and territory legislation.
But Mr Corbell said the ACT had been presented with a "stark choice" by the new government: proceed with the legislation and face certain veto or change the legislation.
The Age
Way to go Kev.
You can see the federal government's point. Give Teh Gays their ceremonies and next they'll be flaunting their lifestyle in the street; having parades and festivals; expecting to be given the same rights as everyone else. Swiftly followed by destroying marriage and corrupting children. In short, pushing their depraved agenda.
Fucking sinners.
Just who do they think they are?
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ah kevin rudd, nice and progressive where it counts but with some old fashioned homophobia and bible bashing mixed in
gillard for PM
see this is why the Greens need to step up to a greater role in opposition.
Otherwise it's going to be a choise between one inflexible myopic neo-con and another.
Sigh. As an ACT Labor member I feel pretty dark about this. I hate the fact the Feds are clinging to the election commitment thing.
Seriously, what the fuck does it cost anyone at all to have two people of the same sex be married? Does it devalue marriage? No. Because more people get married - and get the legal protections as a result of that.
If 10% of people are gay then surely banning gays from marrying makes as much sense as banning blondes, since they're about 10% of the population too.
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