Recently, The Australian Capital Territory (ACT), celebrated a legislative victory as the first region in the country to give gay and lesbian families the right to a legal civil partnership ceremony. The new law is the most progressive yet in Australia, but LGBT activists fear Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will override it.

Please help us out and vote in this Canberra Times poll:

Q: Should the Federal Government overturn the ACT’s new civil unions legislation?

Yes: 43.6%
No: 56.4%
(225 votes)