(Australia) - The Federal Government has dealt a fatal blow to the ACT's plans to legalise gay marriage, rejecting the proposed laws for a second time. But the territory government vowed to maintain its fight to enshrine same-sex unions in law, saying it would sit on the bill and hope for a change of government at the next federal election. Attorney-General Philip Ruddock said he would recommend the governor-general disallow the ACT's revamped Civil Partnerships Bill if it became law. It was the second time the commonwealth had vetoed the territory government's move after disallowing the ACT's Civil Unions Act last June.
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