Australia invalidates gay civil-union law

Canandian gay people have to be concerned about the threat to our legal equal marriage rights, with the vote in the Canadian House of Commons promised for September.
The Australian federal government has invoked special powers to invalidate a territorial law giving legal recognition to same-sex relationships, and Australian Conservative Prime Minister John Howard is one of Stephen Harper's best buddies. Why do these leaders want to set another example of intolerance, when intolerance is killing people every day? Isn't showing leadership with internal human rights issues related to stopping International terrorism?