[On 27 June the Dominion Post published the following article in defence of marriage and the family, by Bob McCoskrie, national director of the registered charity - Family First NZ] On April 29, two billion people worldwide sat in front of their TV screens as they witnessed one of the most public weddings in history [...]
Well we have a new government, but while all the attention has been focusing on John Key and the National party, the latest member of the Green party to make it into parliament has received very little attention. His name is Kevin Hague, and he will be a concern for those of us who care about marriage and family issues in NZ.
Stanley Kurtz examines the social dangers of sanctioning gay marriage. "A clear majority of the American public opposes same-sex marriage," says Stanley Kurtz of the Hudson Institute. "And yet this opposition, though real, is by-and-large silent. So striking is this general silence, that one cannot help but wonder about the reasons for it." To read [...]
NZ resident couples overwhelmingly prefer marriage to civil union
There were 20,900 marriages in New Zealand last year, compared to 338 civil unions. According to Statistics New Zealand, 273 Kiwi couples legalised their relationship in a civil union, of which 73 per cent [199] were same-sex. A further 65 civil unions were registeted to overseas residents. The 199 same-sex civil unions entered into by [...]