Gay weddgs ban: Church say no - NZ Herald

Contents:

• TIMELE: GAY RIGHTS NEW ZEALAND
• NEW ZEALAND GAY UPL HOLD FIRST WEDDGS
• GAY WEDDGS BAN: CHURCH SAY NO
• GENERATNS DIVID OVER GAY MARRIAGE

TIMELE: GAY RIGHTS NEW ZEALAND

NZ Herald17 Apr, 2013 10:25 PMQuick ReadLabour Party MP Gea Beyer hugged by then Prime Mister Helen Clark after her main speech to Party MP Gea Beyer hugged by then Prime Mister Helen Clark after her main speech to Zealand has bee the 13th untry the world to legalise same-sex bated the biggt change to gay and transgenr rights sce homosexual law reform 25 years ago, wh a historic vote on the third readg of the Marriage Amendment Bill.

The bill passed wh 77 vot to through our teractive timele above to see NZ's history of gay om New ZealandHerald morng quiz: Augt 9Tt your bras wh the Herald's morng quiz. Public OpnRecent surveys New Zealand have revealed a mixed rponse towards LGBTQ+ rights and Zealand Surveys of New Zealanrs support allowg same-sex upl to marry of New Zealanrs do not support allowg same-sex upl to marryHistoryHomosexual activy New Zealand? Homosexual activy New Zealand is legal.

NEW ZEALAND GAY UPL HOLD FIRST WEDDGS

Current statSce Aug 8, 1986Legal Legalised wh the mencement of the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986, troduced as a bill by former member of Parliament Fran marriage New Zealand? Current statSce Feb 1, 1994Illegal some ntexts Unr sectn 21 of the Human Rights Act 1993, discrimatn agast "heterosexual, homosexual, lbian, or bisexual orientatns" is prohibed, wh no other sexual orientatns beg protected.

However, protectns only apply to those of heterosexual, homosexual, lbian, or bisexual orientatns, and currently genr inty is ambiguoly regard as beg protected unr the ground of sex. Current statSce Aug 8, 1986Equal Equal age of nsent sce homosexual (male-and-male) activy was legalised wh the mencement of the Homosexual Law Reform Act on 8 Augt 1986. "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.

GAY WEDDGS BAN: CHURCH SAY NO

Same-sex marriage is legal, but relig lears are closg their doors to gay upl. Photo / Dean PurcellGay marriage has been legalised by Parliament - but is still banned by most of New Zealand's 10 ma religns.

GENERATNS DIVID OVER GAY MARRIAGE

A Herald survey has found that five of the top 10 - Catholics, Baptists, Ratana, Mormons and Mlims - are unlikely to bend their strict opposn to gay marriag spe last week's 77-44 vote Parliament to legalise same-sex Anglins are also opposed, at least for new law says celebrants om anisatns approved to nduct marriag are not obliged to marry a same-sex uple if is agast "the relig beliefs or philosophil or humanarian nvictns of the approved anisatn". "But liberal Anglin mister Rev Glynn Cardy of St Matthew--the-Cy said a gay uple uld marry his church as long as they ed a mister om another church. "If a Prbyterian or Methodist mister me wh a heterosexual uple and said n we marry here, the answer would be y, therefore we would say y to a gay or lbian uple the same way, " he said.

"Mangere-based Maori Anglin prit Rev Hiri Kaa said the Maori part of the church had not issued stctns on the issue, and he would be willg to marry a gay uple.

Baptist natnal lear Rev Craig Vernall said Baptist church were pennt and were also ee to make their own cisns, but he believed the vast majory would refe to nduct gay marriag or allow them Baptist church. "We are lookg at probably 1 or 2 per cent who would go down the track of nductg gay marriag at this stage, " he, who were slightly more numero than Baptists the 2006 cens, have left the issue to dividual prits.

"The Registrar-General of Births, Deaths and Marriag, Jeff Montgomery, said last night new forms would be available om Augt 19 for all upl wantg to get words "bri" and "brigroom" are expected to rema on the marriage forms but the partment was lookg at optns for people who did not want to e those more: Church weddg out for gay law advoteLatt om New ZealandHerald morng quiz: Augt 9Tt your bras wh the Herald's morng quiz. Younger generatns overwhelmgly support gay marriage. Photo /Getty ImagPensners are holdg out a dwdlg mory opposg gay marriage - as 2013 looks possibly to be the year for to bee realy.

But 70 per cent of people unr 40 said the law should be changed to allow same-sex MP Louisa Wall, who is behd the bill to legalise gay marriage, said studi out of universi had found even stronger support among young people, above 80 per cent. "For olr people, homosexualy was foreign; meant thgs like mental illns. "Homosexualy was crimal until 1986.

"If [olr New Zealanrs] have grandchildren who are gay, or explorg exprsns [of sexualy], you'll want to have the opportuny to celebrate wh them.

"Ms Wall said the 37 per cent of olr people who supported gay marriage might well have been fluenced by their Fay First natnal director Bob McCroskie said there were other divis, too - men were more opposed than women, and there were differenc between ral and urban nstuents.

Overall, 59 per cent of survey rponnts backed gay marriage and 38 per cent were agast - pared to 54 and 41 per cent June. 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.