Parties would change three-strikes law
Stuff.co.nz 1 May 2013 Labour, the Greens and the Maori Party all say they would repeal or alter the three-strikes legislation after the issuing of a second strike to Hastings man Elijah Whaanga. Whaanga, 21, was sentenced to two years’ jail and issued with his second strike by Judge Tony Adeane in the Napier District [...]
Stuff website starts campaign for group marriage
Inside a polyamorous relationship Stuff.co.nz 1 May 2013 …… Apart from his wife, I’m the only woman Mick’s ever been with. They started dating at 18, and have been together nearly 15 years. They arrived at polyamory because she didn’t want to have the kind of sex he liked, and vice versa. Despite this difference [...]
Cook Islands PM rules out marriage equality
RNZI 28 April 2013 The Cook Islands prime minister, Henry Puna, says his government will not be following New Zealand’s move to legalize same sex marriage. Mr Puna says the Cook Islands will not stray from its core values as a Christian nation, including its tradition of upholding the union of a man and a [...]
Summary of Legal Opinions re Gay Marriage Bill
Download Legal Opinion by Ian Bassett, Barrister (dated 8 March 2013) http://bobmccoskrie.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Legal-Opinion-6-March-Marriage-Act-Amendment-Bill.pdf Gay Marriage Exemption ‘Unprincipled’, ‘Discriminatory’ – Legal Opinion Family First Media Release 8 March 2013 http://www.protectmarriage.org.nz/archives/gay-marriage-exemption-unprincipled-discriminatory-legal-opinion Previously… Download Legal Opinion by Ian Bassett, Barrister (dated 19 November 2012) http://www.protectmarriage.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Legal-Opinion-19-Nov-Marriage-Act-Amendment-Bill.pdf Labour MP’s ‘Legally Wrong’ on Effects of Marriage Bill Family First Media Release 20 [...]
Parental leave extension bill ‘too costly’
Stuff.co.nz 29 April 2013 Prime Minister John Key says parents will have to wait until at least 2015 before the Government considers extending paid parental leave, because it cannot afford to do it now. A One News-Colmar Brunton poll released yesterday showed 62 per cent of voters back a law sponsored by Labour MP Sue [...]
Births, deaths and marriages up for debate
Sunday Star Times 28 April 2013 Gay adoption and euthanasia are among the final social frontiers for our parliament to cross. They’re both on the political agenda and politicians are ready and bracing for the onslaught. Now that same-sex marriage is out of the way – as far as Parliament is concerned – those from both [...]
Brian Edwards – Why I Am Opposed To Gay Adoptions
Brian Edwards Blog I am opposed to any change in the law which would allow gay couples to adopt children. My opposition is not rooted in homophobia. I was an early and vocal supporter of homosexual law reform in New Zealand; I approve of civil unions; I can see no good reason why gays should [...]
Controversial conference spekers anger gay community
News.com.au 24 April 2013 A psychiatrist who believes she can cure gayness and a politician who believes marriage is now “meaningless” after New Zealand legalised gay marriage are causing a stir before they’ve even landed in Australia.Several controversial personalities will head to Sydney next month to deliver keynote addresses at the world’s biggest ‘family values’ conference, [...]
Changing a few words doesn’t make gay marriage real
Waikato Times 22 April 2013 – Narelle Henson Same-sex marriage is not, by its very nature, the same as heterosexual marriage. It never will be. No matter how much we fiddle with the law, or censor the use of words like “bride” and “groom”, the fact that homosexual marriage does not tend toward the conception [...]
Bells still ring for traditional weddings
NZ Herald 27 April 2013 New Zealanders are putting off getting married longer and longer – but a new study has found that most end up having surprisingly traditional weddings eventually. Even though the vast majority of couples have lived together for some years, most brides still want diamond engagement rings, wear white dresses on [...]
