from the gay in the group

Commonwealth wins gay union ban
13-06-2006
From: AAP

THE Federal Government has used its powers to disallow the ACT's same-sex unions laws, Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said today.Mr Ruddock said he and Territories Minister Jim Lloyd met Governor-General Michael Jeffery this morning in Executive Council to invalidate the ACT's Civil Unions Act.

The Act would be invalid from midnight tonight. "The ACT civil relationships ordinance has been disallowed," Mr Ruddock said.

"During the course of the afternoon, that will be entered into the relevant register and that means, in effect, that the legislative amendments introduced to establish a civil arrangement for same-sex parties and others in the ACT will no longer be law. "That's the effect of the disallowance."
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This post is directed at the federal government. I'm sorry to go all political but oh how it makes me sad. It makes me feel a lot of things - incredibly sad, disapointed, ostracised, different, unsupported. But hey - when I get married, I guess we can all go for an overseas holiday! Canada, here we come! Love (but not legally recognised) from Tim x