Homosexual marriage still barred in Australia

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Homosexual marriage still barred in Australia

Incoming Attorney-General Robert McClelland has said that the Labor
party is unlikely to block a re-developed proposal to introduce same-
sex civil unions in the Australian Capital Territory. The news comes
as Attorney-General for the ACT Simon Corbell is planning to submit an
amended civil partnerships bill, which would give same-sex couples
legal recognition.

In an interview published in the Herald on Friday, Mr McClelland
reemphasized that Labor would not be giving full marriage rights to
same-sex couples, but would support couples having the same legal
rights as de facto heterosexual couples. "I will have a look at what
Simon Corbell is proposing and get some advice on it," Mr McClelland
said. "We would be prepared to look at it with good faith rather than
with the intention of obstructing it. The Labor Party has already
resolved not to agree to gay marriage but we are given to examining
appropriate forms of registration of de facto relationships, including
same-sex de facto relationships."

Previous attempts to introduce same-sex civil union partnerships in
the ACT were overturned by the Howard government.

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