Kevin Rudd declares war on Marriage
In recent years gay "marriage" has had no realistic chance of being legislated or recognised at a federal level in Australia as both ex-Prime Minister Julia Gillard and opposition leader Tony Abbott were staunchly opposed. However, on Sunday night during an election debate with second-time Prime Minister Kevin Rudd , everything changed and “marriage equality” is now a high profile election issue. Sunday evening saw the first of the three televised debates between Prime Minister Kevin Rudd MP and Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott MP, in the lead-up to the national elections on the 7 th of September. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd The debate was driven by questions being fired from a panel of Australian political journalists on issues such as the economy, health, aged care, education and border protection. At the last, and before the leaders gave their summary addresses, the moderator, Skynews journalist David Speers , fired off his own question on same-se