Australia Offers Small Olive Branch To Gays

[WillParkinson]

(Canberra) Australia's federal government announced Tuesday that it will amend about 100 laws to provide benefits to same-sex couples, but said it would not consider either gay marriage or civil unions.

The amendments mainly involve pension laws which will be amended to recognize same-sex partners in much the same way as the partners in an opposite-sex marriage.

The changes also will guarantee partners the right to visit each other in hospital and make medical decisions. The revised laws will also recognize gay couples at senior citizen and nursing homes.

http://www.365gay.com/Newscon08/04/042908oup.htm

[Toasterlad]

1. Ya Know...

...It's a DAMN shame that Australians, who, quite frankly, are, by and large, a nation of GORGEOUS people with AMAZINGLY sexy accents, and who are among the friendliest people in the entire world, don't have a more progressive culture.

Just please, please, PLEASE never stop dressing your lifeguards in speedos and putting their pictures online, or I'll be REALLY disillusioned!

[MNBrewer]

2. They were the lucky ones

They got the criminals, we got the Puritans.