Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 06, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 2006 Page: 25 of 64
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Australian government appeals to Queen's
Rep. to kill capital's civil unions
Australia's federal government has quashed a
civil-union bill passed by the Legislative
Assembly of the Australian Capital Territory, a
jurisdiction similar to Washington, D.C.
The government said the Capital Territory's
civil unions were too much like marriage, which
federal law specifically restricts to opposite-sex
couples.
The new law established domestic relation-
ships for same-sex couples, giving them all the
rights and responsibilities of marriage.
The government killed the law by instructing
the queen's representative, Governor-General
Michael Jeffery, to use his power to block meas-
ures passed by the Australia Capital Territory
Assembly.
"The ACT civil relationships ordinance has
been disallowed," federal Attorney-General
Philip Ruddock said. "The legislative amend-
ments introduced to establish a civil arrangement
for same-sex parties and others in the ACT will
no longer be law." A day later, an attempt in the
federal Senate to override Jefiery's decision
failed by a vote of 32 to 30.
The territory's attorney-general, Simon
Corbell, said the territory will now introduce
another civil-union bill. He said it will not be
watered down but will contain different language
designed not to provoke the federal government.
In response, the federal attorney general's
department warned, "If this is more than just
another political stunt, the ACT should consult
with the Commonwealth before enacting legisla-
tion to ensure it is drafted in a way that does not
seek to equate civil unions with marriage."
Few gay, lesbian couples in Northern
Ireland unite under civil partnerships law
Only 63 couples have tied the knot in Northern
Ireland in the six months since the United
Kingdom began offering same-sex civil partner-
ships.
The partners receive all the rights and obliga-
tions of traditional marriage.
Northern Ireland has a population of about 1.7
million.
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Vercher, Dennis. Dallas Voice (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 06, Ed. 1 Friday, June 23, 2006, newspaper, June 23, 2006; Dallas, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth238914/m1/25/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.