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pies4ever 
Joined: 11 Feb 2002
Location: rosebud,vic,australia
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New laws to mirror marriage rights for gay couples
December 05, 2007
SAME-sex couples will enjoy many of the same rights as married couples under new State Government laws allowing gay and lesbian people to register their relationships.
The laws will give unmarried couples, including heterosexual de facto couples, more rights in cases of medical emergencies and property and life insurance entitlements.
The move follows controversial decisions by new Premier John Brumby to have laws drawn up to legalise abortion, and an agreement to allow genetically-modified crops to be grown in Victoria.
Debate on the new relationship laws next year is likely to be heated with many conservative MPs opposed to recognition of same-sex relationships.
Attorney-General Rob Hulls said registered relationships would not be a gay marriage or a civil union.
"These reforms provide that Victorian laws, in most cases, treat de facto and same-sex couples in the same way as married couples," he said.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22871853-661,00.html
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Dave The Man 
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Location: Someville, Victoria, Australia
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Is see no problem with that
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sherrife
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| Dave The Man wrote: | | Is see no problem with that |
Simple and clear. Great response mate, I almost totally agree...
The only problem is the new laws don't go far enough.
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Jason 
Joined: 15 Sep 2007
Location: Mackay
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| Marriage shouldn't be something that the government can pass laws on anyway, it's supposed to be between the people getting married and their god/spirit/football club president |
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stui magpie 
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I think it's a greqt compromise, giving defacto partners regardless of sex the same legal rights as a married couple without actually legalising the "marriage" which is essentially a religious ceremony.
Gay couples get what they want from the legal partner ppoint of view and can have a committment ceremony oor whatever if they want to make a formal deal out of it.
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member34258
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| stui magpie wrote: | | and can have a commitment ceremony oor whatever if they want to make a formal deal out of it. |
And what is Marriage if not a commitment ceremony.
One day, we will look back on the prejudice that exists on this issue and laugh.
One day. |
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stui magpie
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Personally, I don't have a problem, but like i said before, Marriage is essentially a religious thing which is why this IMO is a good compromise.
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David 
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Joined: 27 Jul 2003
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| member34258 wrote: | | stui magpie wrote: | | and can have a commitment ceremony oor whatever if they want to make a formal deal out of it. |
And what is Marriage if not a commitment ceremony.
One day, we will look back on the prejudice that exists on this issue and laugh.
One day. |
Laugh? More like cry that such backwardness could have extended into the 21st century.
It's a positive step, but there's still a way to go.
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Dave The Man
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| stui magpie wrote: | | Personally, I don't have a problem, but like i said before, Marriage is essentially a religious thing which is why this IMO is a good compromise. |
Very True Stui
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member34258
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| stui magpie wrote: | | Personally, I don't have a problem, but like i said before, Marriage is essentially a religious thing which is why this IMO is a good compromise. |
It is essentially a religious thing.
So legalize it and let the various religions decide if they will perform it.
As it stands, just one more freedom that is being denied the populace. |
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Culprit 
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
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| I am all for it, let them suffer in the divorce court like the rest of us. |
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Skids
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| Culprit wrote: | | I am all for it, let them suffer in the divorce court like the rest of us. |
To true! Been there, done that and stupid me, married again!
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Pi
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Jason
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| That's disgusting. Ask a guy for help and when it goes pear shaped, ruin his life. Appalling behaviour. |
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David
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Joined: 27 Jul 2003
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Why shouldn't lesbian women be allowed to raise kids?
You've got to feel for the guy in the article, regardless of how stupid he might have been... he's fallen foul of an inconsistency in the system and been stuck with the consequences.
Tess, can you dig up any psychological fact that a father is better for the development of a child than two mothers? Especially in this case, where the couple (that you suggest should challenge for custody) have had no part in the children's life so far?
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