New Zealand pass gay marriage bill - POLITICO

Contents:

• GAY MARRIAGE: HOW MPS VOTED
• NEW ZEALAND: GAY MARRIAGE BILL PASS
• NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT BREAKS INTO SONG AFTER PASSG GAY MARRIAGE BILL
• SHOCK POLL OVER GAY MARRIAGE BILL
• WATCH: NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT PASS GAY MARRIAGE BILL, BREAKS TO SONG

GAY MARRIAGE: HOW MPS VOTED

Hundreds of jubilant gay-rights advot celebrated outsi parliament after the bill was passed, llg a tone for watchg om the public gallery and some lawmakers immediately broke to song, sgg the New Zealand love song "Pokarekare Ana", AP news agency opn polls have suggted that about two-thirds of New Zealanrs support the reform, although others polls suggt the public are more divid.

"I am so happy, not only bee I n now marry the person I love, but bee New Zealand has moved a step further towards gay and lbian people beg pletely equal wh the rt of our society. French and Brish lawmakers have also voted favour of legislatn allowg gay marriage, although the bills have not yet been passed to law. No other untry the Asia-Pacific regn allows gay marriage.

However, some stat allow civil unns for same-sex do not allow gay marriage. 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.

NEW ZEALAND: GAY MARRIAGE BILL PASS

"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 PARLIAMENT BREAKS INTO SONG AFTER PASSG GAY MARRIAGE BILL

Photo / Mark MchellThe Marriage Amendment Bill, which allows same-sex and transgenr upl to marry, was passed last night Parliament, 77 vot to 's how the MPs voted:THOSE IN FAVOUR: 77Natnal:Amy Adams, SelwynChris Auchvole, ListMaggie Barry, North ShorePla Bent, Waakere David Bent, Haton EastJackie Blue, ListCam Calr, List David Carter, List Judh Colls, Papakura Jacqui Dean, Waaki Craig Foss, Ti Aaron Gilmore, List Pl Goldsmh, List Jo Goodhew, Rangata Tim Groser, List T Henare, List Pl Hutchison, Hunua Nikki Kaye, Auckland Central Steven Joyce, List John Key, Helensville Hekia Parata, List Jami-Lee Ross, Botany Stt Simpson, Coromanl Chris Trema, NapierNicky Wagner, Christchurch Central Kate Wilkson, WaimakaririMrice Williamson, PakurangaLabour: Jacda Arrn, ListCarol Bemont, List David Clark, Duned North Clayton Cosgrove, List David Cunliffe, New Lynn Clare Curran, Duned South Lianne Dalziel, Christchurch East Ruth Dyson, Port HillsKris Faafoi., ManaDarien Fenton, List Phil Goff, Mt Roskill Chris Hipks, RimutakaParekura Horomia, Ikaroa-Rawhi Raymond Huo, List Shane Jon, List Ante Kg, Rongotai Ia Le-Galloway, Palmerston North Andrew Ltle, List Moana Mackey, List Nanaia Mahuta, Hraki-Waikato Trevor Mallard, Hutt South Sue Moroney, List David Parker, List Rajen Prasad, List Grant Robertson, Wellgton Central David Shearer, Mt Albert Maryan Street, ListPhil Twyford, Te Atatu Louisa Wall, Manurewa Megan Woods, WigramGreens: Steffan Browng, List David Clendon, ListCathere Delahunty, List Julie-Anne Genter, ListKennedy Graham, ListKev Hague, ListGareth Hugh, ListJan Logie, ListMojo Mathers, List Rsel Norman, ListDenise Roche, ListMetiria Turei, ListEugenie Sage, ListHolly Walker, ListMaori Party: Te Uroa Flavell, WaiarikiTariana Turia, Te Tai H Pa Sharpl, Tamaki MakrUned Future: Peter Dunne, OhariuAct: John Banks, EpsomMana: Hone Harawira, Te Tai TokerTHOSE AGAINST: 44Natnal: Shane Arrn, Taranaki-Kg CountryKanwalj Sgh Bakshi, ListChter Borrows, WhanganuiSimon Bridg, TrangaGerry Brownlee, IlamJonathan Coleman, Northte Bill English, Cluth-SouthlandChris Flayson, ListNathan Guy, OtakiJohn Hay, WairarapaPhil Heatley, WhangareiCol Kg, KaikouraMelissa Lee, ListSam Lotu-Iiga, MngakiekieTim Macdoe, Haton WtTodd McClay, RotoaMurray McCully, East Coast BaysIan McKelvie, RangikeiMark Mchell, RodneyAled Ngaro, ListSimon O'Connor, TamakiEric Roy, InverrgillTony Ryall, Bay of PlentyMike Sab, NorthlandKatra Shanks, ListNick Smh, NelsonLdsay Tisch, WaikatoAnne Tolley, East CoastLouise Upston, TpoMichael Woodhoe, ListJian Yang, ListJonathan Young, New PlymouthLabour: Damien O'Connor, Wt Coast - TasmanRoss Robertson, Man EastSu'a William S, MangereRo Tirikatene, Te Tai TongaNZ First: Asenati Lole-Taylor, ListTracey Mart, ListWston Peters, ListRichard Prosser, ListBarbara Stewart, ListAndrew Williams, ListDenis O'Rourke, ListInpennt:Brendan Horan, ListMarriage Amendment Bill:• Tak effect mid-Augt• Allows same-sex and transgenr upl to marry• Allows both people a gay relatnship to be regnised as a parent of an adopted child• Allows relig misters to choose who they marry and cricise gay marriage om the pulp whout breachg human rights• People gettg married will be able to choose whether they are lled a bri, brigroom, or partner.

Several more MPs said they were nsultg their electorat until the last 21, 500 submissns on the Marriage (Defn of Marriage) Amendment Bill - 2900 of which were unique - prented a more divid picture than Parliament, where MPs backed the bill by a two-to-one marg at the first of the large relig groups which led the opposn to the law change were amazed at the speed wh which the legislatn was movg and the sle of the theologian said uld ntribute to the dilutn of marriage to a "fat nothgns" private member's bill was pulled om the ballot Augt, and gay upl are likely to be able to marry by Augt this year.

The bill would also legalise adoptns by gay upl, somethg opponents say will slip to law "on the bill's at-tails" whout proper public director of the ternomatnal relig group New Zealand Christian Network, Glyn Carpenter, said he was staggered and upset at the speed of the change. "It is not a gay marriage bill.

SHOCK POLL OVER GAY MARRIAGE BILL

"The Society for Promotn of Communy Standards, which has railed agast social chang such as abortn reform and homosexual law reform sce the 1970s, uld not nceive of a change to marriage laws. Print John Mills said this week that gay marriage was an oxymoron and scribed gay upl as select mtee nsirg the bill quelled some relig ncerns by emphasisg misters would not risk breachg human rights law refg to marry gay upl. "But for a majory of submters, gay marriage was overdue New Zealand.

WATCH: NEW ZEALAND PARLIAMENT PASS GAY MARRIAGE BILL, BREAKS TO SONG

Proponents argued the state was discrimatg rtrictg marriage to heterosexual upl, a policy which had fluenced high rat of mental illns among young gay New Zealanrs. A mory of church argued for the right to marry gay Andrew's on the Terrace parish uncil member Ellen Murray told a select mtee hearg: "Much as we don't want to treat same-sex upl differently, we have to.

The bill's sponsor, Labour's Louisa Wall, ced Print Barack Obama's support for gay marriage as an fluence on her puttg the legislatn the opponents felt had been shed to law, some supporters said that immediacy was important. Elrly gay upl who had lived secret liv before homosexual law reform plead to be able to tie the knot before a partner mtee noted that the bill had prompted unprecented polil volvement om young people, submissns revealg a younger generatn mostly untroubled by the law change, and many s embarrassed that gay marriage was not already a realy untry wh a proud progrsive the Natnal Party uc voted agast the bill at first readg, but s youth wg overwhelmgly supported . There's a law for the general populatn and then there's a law for the gay young people are nearly four tim more likely to attempt suici.