ACT made to axe gay unions
Paul Maley & Siobhain Ryan; 5/5/08
A furious ACT Government has backed down from its plan to allow gay couples to enter into civil partnerships, accusing the Rudd Government of hypocrisy after it threatened to override the legislation in exactly the same way John Howard did. ACT Attorney-General Simon Corbell announced yesterday the Territory had abandoned its civil partnerships legislation and would instead settle for a system of relationship registers virtually identical to the ones operating in Tasmania and Victoria. The ACT decision comes as the deeply religious Mr Rudd faces growing attack from Christian groups over his Government’s decision to remove discrimination against gays from all other federal laws.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23644429-5013404,00.html
Tags: Australia, Homosexuality, Marriage