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Newly elected liberal leaders in Australia are set to approve a law that will officially recognize "same-sex unions."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."The president of the Australian Federation for the Family says such radical policies are not a surprise. "I've met Mr. Rudd on a number of occasions; I've spoken at conferences [and] I've been doing a lot of work in Canberra [the Australian capital] over the last few months," explains Jack Sonnemann. "We were making terrific head roads in curtailing pornography and getting all kind of things done. Now I'm afraid all that work that we've done will be for naught."According to Sonnemann, the prime minister-elect is the exact opposite of Howard in his views. The family advocate calls Rudd's election "a significant blow" to the pro-life and pro-family movement in Australia-even though Rudd "portrays" himself as a Christian, he adds.John Howard was prime minister of Australia for more than a decade before last month's election, and a similar same-sex union proposal was blocked last year by the Howard government.As in the days of Noah...
