Yay!

Apr. 30th, 2008 06:21 pm
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Rudd honeymoon not yet over, as far as I'm concerned:

The long battle by gay and lesbian partners for the same legal and financial rights as de facto heterosexual couples is about to end, with the Rudd Government planning to remove inequalities in 100 areas of the law.

The federal Attorney-General, Robert McClelland, will announce today that the necessary legislation will be introduced when Parliament resumes next month for the winter sittings.


(And yes, no doubt there will be teething problems - you can't change a hundred laws in a hurry without introducing a few glitches - but this is LONG overdue.)

Re: Teething problems

Date: 2008-05-01 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] james-nicoll.livejournal.com
If I remember the Canadian situation correctly and I probably don't, it happened because the original formulation of marriage assumed that divorce would be extremely rare. I think it used to require an act of Parliament until surprisingly recently.

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