Thursday, December 06, 2007

Advance Australia Fair

Baby steps, yes, but the end of the conservative regime in Australia is bearing fruit:

Last month, Kevin Rudd was elected prime minister of Australia, defeating longtime incumbent John Howard. Now the incoming attorney general, Robert McClelland, says the liberal Labor Party is not likely to block a proposal that would give legal recognition to unions between same-sex couples. "We would be prepared to look at it with good faith rather than with the intention of obstructing it," McClelland told The Sydney Morning Herald. "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."


May Australia soon live up to the words of its inspiring anthem:

"In History's page, let every stage
Advance Australia Fair."

From the Melbourne Herald Sun

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