New Zealand pass gay marriage bill - POLITICO

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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

"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. " Gay and lbian upl om other untri will be able to marry New Zealand.

NEW ZEALAND HOLDS FIRST GAY WEDDGS

The first gay weddgs were held New Zealand today. “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. ” 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.

NEW ZEALAND: GAY MARRIAGE BILL PASS

But equaly has not been easy to most of the twentieth century, homosexualy was illegal New Zealand.

‘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. Lawmakers voted 77 to 44 favor of the gay-marriage bill on s third and fal readg. ( PHOTOS: 25 gay-rights ton).

Sce 2005, New Zealand has allowed civil unns, which nfer many legal rights to gay upl. The new law will allow gay upl to jotly adopt children for the first time and will also allow their marriag to be regnized other untri. Some Atralian stat, however, are nsirg gay-marriage legislatn.

Many people New Zealand rema vehemently opposed to gay marriage.

That might not have changed the oute, however: Surveys dite that about two-thirds of New Zealanrs favor gay marriage. Print Barack Obama clared his support for gay marriage.