>Australian Prime Minister John Howard Thursday ruled out legalizing same-sex marriages despite a new survey showing that most Australians support giving homosexuals the right to tie the knot. “There’s no possibility of our attitude in relation to gay marriage changing,” the conservative leader told a radio interviewer.
Howard’s remarks came as national opinion poll found that 57 percent of Australians support same-sex marriage.
The Galaxy survey of 1,100 Australians also found that 71 percent believe same-sex de facto couples should be entitled to the same legal rights as their heterosexual counterparts. The leader of the Australian Greens party, who is gay, said the poll illustrated that the government and the main opposition Labor Party lagged behind voters in their attitudes.
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