Australia's ACT Wants to Amend Civil Partnerships to Give Them Legal Effect

The ACT Labor Government is hedging its bets as it looks for a way out of a dilemma created by its conflict with the Rudd Government over same-sex unions. If passed, the Civil Partnerships Amendment Bill would force the Rudd Government to either admit civil unions don’t breach Federal marriage laws, or spark a bitter Labor vs Labor territory war by having the proposed law overturned. Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury introduced the wedge last week, 12 months after the original civil partnership laws were passed. He argued there was no risk of the original relationship recognition scheme being overturned since the six-month window for Commonwealth intervention had passed. Full Story from SSO

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