Premier Campbell Newman says Queensland’s same-sex civil unions laws will not be scrapped, but will be amended to bring the legislation into line with other states.
Under the proposed changes, same-sex couples would still be able to register their relationship with the government, but would no longer be able to have a state-sanctioned declaration ceremony.
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They would be able to have a private ceremony instead if they wished. “They lose nothing from this change,” Mr Newman said today of LGBT community members who had fought hard for the right to register their relationships.
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