Parliament has passed a law legalisg gay marriage, 77 vot to 44, amid loud shows of jubilatn om the floor and gallery.
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- NEW ZEALAND GAY UPL HOLD FIRST WEDDGS
- NEW ZEALAND HOLDS FIRST GAY WEDDGS
- NEW ZEALAND: GAY MARRIAGE BILL PASS
NEW ZEALAND GAY UPL HOLD FIRST WEDDGS
New Zealand's first gay weddgs are takg place after the untry beme the 14th the world to legalise same-sex marriage. * nz gay marriage 2013 *
"The world is still a dangero and even adly place for gay, bisexual and transgenr people, " Reverend Matt Ttle said, acrdg to "We thank God that's not te New Zealand.
Photo / Mark MchellParliament has jt passed a law legalisg gay marriage, 77 vot to 44, amid loud shows of jubilatn om the floor and the claratn of the vote was followed by a held a nscience vote on the private member's bill sponsored by gay Labour MP Louisa bill will take effect mid Augt and 27 years after New Zealand crimalised homosexualy. "It really feels great to be gay and alive New Zealand at the moment.
"It's the last legislative barrier to equal rights for gay people or LGBT people.
NEW ZEALAND HOLDS FIRST GAY WEDDGS
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" Gay and lbian upl om other untri will be able to marry New Zealand.
NEW ZEALAND: GAY MARRIAGE BILL PASS
New Zealand lawmakers approve same-sex marriage law; spe opposn om some relig and social anizatns, gay and lbian upl will also be able to jotly adopt children. * nz gay marriage 2013 *
The first gay weddgs were held New Zealand today.
The first gay weddgs were held New Zealand today. Marriage form downloads tripled last week. * nz gay marriage 2013 *
“The world is still a dangero and even adly place for gay, bisexual and transgenr people, ” Ttle add. The Anglin Church has asked s misters not to hold ceremoni for gay upl, pendg a report next year, while Catholic bishops have opposed the weddgs. In attendance will be gay star of the U.
Parliament on Wednday voted 77 to 44 to legalize same-sex marriage, makg New Zealand the 13th natn the world and the first the Asia-Pacific regn to allow gay upl to marry. * nz gay marriage 2013 *
” Acrdg to, downloads of marriag forms have tripled the past week alone as gay upl around the natn eagerly prepare to get hched.
Acrdg to BBC, around 1, 000 gay Atralian upl are expected to make the short trip to marry, acrdg to the Atralian Marriage Equaly lobby group. But equaly has not been easy to most of the twentieth century, homosexualy was illegal New Zealand.
LGBT Rights New Zealand: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more. * nz gay marriage 2013 *
‘Comg out’ was credibly challengg for most gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people, and the risk of discrimatn was very the sixti and seventi, gay activists and groups like the Homosexual Law Reform Society beme more visible and vol llg for equal rights and acceptance, and many New Zealanrs joed them 1985, Fran Wil, a junr MP, sponsored the Homosexual Law Reform Bill.
There was public opposn to the bill, cludg ralli and petns, but 1986, the bill was passed and homosexualy was crimalised. It was long overdue, but was the first step towards tly equal rights for 1993, the Human Rights Act ma discrimatn based on sexual orientatn illegal, and by the end of the twentieth century, New Zealanrs had voted openly gay policians, and the world’s first openly transgenr member of parliament, Gea the early 00s, we turned our attentn to marriage equaly. Asia Pacific|New Zealand: Gay Marriage Bill Pass ADVERTISEMENTWorld Briefg | South PacificApril 17, 2013Parliament on Wednday voted 77 to 44 to legalize same-sex marriage, which will make New Zealand the 13th natn the world and the first the Asia-Pacific regn to allow gay upl to marry.
The new law will allow gay upl to jotly adopt children for the first time and allow their marriag to be regnized other untri. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 12 of the New York edn wh the headle: New Zealand: Gay Marriage Bill Pass.