BBC News - Australia election: Rudd defends gay-marriage stance The Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has delivered a strong defence of gay marriage on live television, days before the 7 September election. Participating in a Q&A session on Australia's ABC News, Mr Rudd was questioned by a pastor in the audience, who asked why the Prime Minister didn't believe the words of the Bible if he calls himself a Christian. Mr Rudd replied: "Mate, if I was going to have that view, the Bible also says that slavery is the natural condition." He later added: "If you think homosexuality is an unnatural condition, then frankly I cannot agree with you based on any element of the science."