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Contents:

• GAY MARRIAGE CHANGE A 'PERSONAL JOURNEY': RUDD
• ATRALIA ELECTN: KEV RUDD FENDS GAY-MARRIAGE STANCE
• KEV RUDD MAK PASSNATE FENCE OF HIS SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE Q&A APPEARANCE
• WHY IS KEV RUDD GAY?
• KEV RUDD'S SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE PUTS HIM AT ODDS WH JULIA GILLARD
• ELECTN 2013: KEV RUDD PASSNATELY FENDS GAY MARRIAGE ON Q&A
• YOUR SAY: KEV RUDD MAK IMPASSNED FENCE OF GAY MARRIAGE ON Q&A
• ATRALIAN OPPOSN LEAR VOWS HE WON’T TURN GAY

GAY MARRIAGE CHANGE A 'PERSONAL JOURNEY': RUDD

When reach ncln that’s when you should put a the public doma, '' he of heart: Kev Rudd chang his stance on gay Lee GriffhWhile same-sex marriage advot have weled Mr Rudd's change of heart, others such as shadow attorney-general Gee Brandis have qutned his motivatns. ''Prevly, Mr Rudd had been a stnch opponent to gay marriage and as recently as September 2012 voted agast legalisg same-sex marriage a parliamentary vote which lost he sisted he had a change of heart and wanted to let the Atralian public know his new stance before further bate on the issue parliament. ''In his blog, Mr Rudd wrote his change of thkg had been precipated by a recent nversatn wh a iend and former lleague, who me out as gay.

ATRALIA ELECTN: KEV RUDD FENDS GAY-MARRIAGE STANCE

', '' Mr Rudd Rudd said that his long-held opposn to gay marriage had ma him ''the last of the Mohins'' his last remag ncern on the issue was the welfare of children raised gay explag his change of md, Mr Rudd poted to the large number of heterosexual marriag that end divorce and amic rearch that showed children raised by same-sex parents are not velopmentally promised. There are a growg number of Coaln MPs who support a nscience marriage advot appld moveMarriage equaly advot have swiftly ngratulated Mr Rudd for his change of md on gay marriage. Senator Pratt, a long-time advote for marriage equaly and gay rights, said she was ''really exced'' by Mr Rudd’s blog post - notg she had first lobbied him on the issue when he was prime mister.

KEV RUDD MAK PASSNATE FENCE OF HIS SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE Q&A APPEARANCE

Acrdg to gay marriage mpaigners, Mr Rudd told them as far back as December 2011 that if he was prime mister, same-sex marriage would be law. Fairfax Media reported the nversatn took place at a party held by gay marriage lobbyists durg the last Labor Party natnal nference and clud Mr Rudd, then the mister for foreign affairs, the doctor Kerryn Phelps, her partner Jackie Stricker, and another mpaigner, Geoff Thomas.

''He [Mr Rudd] absolutely said that if he was prime mister [gay marriage] would have gone through, '' Ms Stricker said.

Media ptn, Atralian Prime Mister Kev Rudd: "If you thk homosexualy is an unnatural ndn, then ankly I nnot agree wh you based on any element of the science"Atralian Prime Mister Kev Rudd has livered a strong fence of gay marriage on live televisn, days before the 7 September a Q&A ssn on ABC News, Mr Rudd said he backed gay marriage after "years of reflectn good Christian nscience" fence igned bate and was praised by gay advocy polls show Mr Rudd's Labor party trailg eight pots behd the Liberal-Natnal opposn aln.

WHY IS KEV RUDD GAY?

Monday's polls also put opposn lear Tony Abbott - who oppos gay marriage - ahead of Mr Rudd as preferred prime mister for the first time. 'Born gay'Mr Rudd was qutned about the issue by Christian pastor Matt Prater durg a live Q&A ssn.

Mr Prater asked Mr Rudd how he uld support gay marriage as a Christian.

"Mr Rudd, who was prevly opposed to gay marriage, changed his posn May.

KEV RUDD'S SUPPORT FOR GAY MARRIAGE PUTS HIM AT ODDS WH JULIA GILLARD

However, Mr Rudd said his cisn me after a long perd of reflectn, and was based on his "rmed nscience and Christian nscience" Abbott has scribed himself as "an opponent of gay marriage", and drew ntroversy on 14 Augt when he appeared to scribe same-sex marriage as "the fashn of the moment". Kev Rudd faced down a Christian pastor who qutned him on his support for gay marriage on Q&A last night, sayg his "Christian nscience" led him to back same-sex pastor the Brisbane dience asked the Prime Mister how he uld support gay marriage "if you ll yourself a Christian" Prime Mister rpond by suggtg that le of thkg would also make slavery an acceptable pastor asked Mr Rudd: "J said a man shall leave his father and mother and be married... "Mr Rudd has pledged to take the first steps towards legalisg same-sex marriage if he ws another said his cisn to back gay marriage was ma after "years of reflectn good Christian nscience".

ELECTN 2013: KEV RUDD PASSNATELY FENDS GAY MARRIAGE ON Q&A

They are gay if they are born gay, " he said.

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YOUR SAY: KEV RUDD MAK IMPASSNED FENCE OF GAY MARRIAGE ON Q&A

Former prime mister Kev Rudd says a "personal journey" has led him to change his md and support same-sex marriage - a posn that puts him at odds wh his lear, Julia Gillard do not support same-sex marriage, although she has allowed Labor MPs a nscience vote on the Rudd says he has changed his md after a "lot of reflectn" and discsns wh iends and fay, as well as a former staff member who is gay. However, Mr Abbott, whose sister is gay, says his posn has not changed.

"Cabet mister Penny Wong, who is gay and has a child, has blasted the ACL as "peddlg prejudice".

ATRALIAN OPPOSN LEAR VOWS HE WON’T TURN GAY

Kev Rudd has sisted his views favour of same-sex marriage are patible wh his Christian fah, sayg a leral terpretatn of the bible that opposed gay unns would also dictate support for slavery. It is one of universal love, lovg your fellow man, ” Rudd said, durg a passnate performance which he sisted he was still not ntemplatg losg Saturday’s electn spe Labor’s clg standg the opn seemed to fd his mpaigng mojo on Sunday at Labor’s lnch Brisbane, where he crystallised his pch to voters to a choice between Labor’s mment to protect jobs and the allegatn that the Coaln tend cuts to servic, and a plea to voters not to vote for Tony Abbott if they still harboured doubts about the Coaln lear’s pacy to lead the changed his stance on gay marriage before returng to the Labor learship this year, publishg an say to expla his views. “I do not believe people choose their sexualy; they are gay if they are born gay, ” Rudd said durg Monday night’s program.

“It is how people are built, and therefore the ia that this is somehow an abnormal ndn is wrong … If you accept is natural and normal to be gay, then follows om that … people should not be nied the opportuny for legal regnn...

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