In December, Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd promised not to interfere with state and territory legislation… This week however, that promise is out the window and his love fest with Australian gays during his election campaign is also a thing of the past. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Government made a statement this week regarding this [...] ...

Source: AFP , The Australian , ABC News (Australia) SYDNEY -- Right-wing Australian Christian groups Monday welcomed a decision by a local territory government to abandon its plans to legalize same-sex civil union ceremonies after intervention from the Labor government of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. But some members of parliament from Rudd's own party blasted the federal intervention. The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government, home to the national capital, wanted to introduce civil partnerships legislation that would have allowed gay couples to hold ceremonies legally recognizing their...(read more) ...

Headline that greeted me this morning... Christians welcome Australian backdown on gay civil unions Same sex couples in the Australian Capital Territory thought they were going to be treated like human beings soon.  Hahahahaha.... Australian Christian groups Monday welcomed a decision by a local territory government to abandon its plans to legalise same-sex civil unions after intervention from [...] ...