Gay Adoption
The Herald reports: The acting head judge of the Family Court has called for gay and lesbian couples to be given rights to adopt children, just as a private member’s bill on the issue goes into the...
View ArticleDeception
The couple on the right are South Florida trade-show executive Vanessa Alenier and her partner, Melanie Leon. They just won custody and the right to adopt a one year old girl who was born to a...
View ArticleCoddington on gay adoption
Deborah Coddington writes: What a mean-spirited bunch of commentators we’ve seen in this country, crawling out from under their rocks to spit upon the news that Sir Elton John became a father on...
View ArticleGay issues
Rainbow Wellington asked all the parties their views on various issues. For some reason they asked not just about gay issues but also weird stuff like prisoners having the vote. Anyway I thought the...
View ArticleConscience issues
Andrea Vance in a lengthy article looks at three controversial conscience issues which are unlikely to be debated by Parliament unless a member’s bill on them is drawn. They are euthanasia, gay...
View ArticleNats vote for same sex adoption
Whale Oil blogs that a remit was put to the National Party’s Northern Regional Conference by the Young Nationals: That the National Party legalise adoption for those who have entered into a civil union...
View ArticleAdoption law reform
Audrey Young in the NZ Herald reports: Two MPs from opposing parties, National’s Nikki Kaye and the Greens’ Kevin Hague, have joined forces to develop a bill that would legalise adoption by gay...
View ArticleHanding over law making
As I blogged yesterday I am in support of modernising our adoption laws. They are literally a relic from the 1950s. But the law reform is not just about whether same sex couples should be able to...
View ArticleNational conference votes for same sex adoption
A motion to extend adoption eligibility to couples in a civil union (hence same sex couples also) passed on the main floor of the National Party’s national annual conference yesterday by arounds a two...
View ArticleColin Craig – being gay is a choice due to child abuse
3 News reports: Mr Craig told 3 News that people choose to be gay rather than being born that way, many as a result of being abused as children. What an astonishing statement. I’m not sure what is...
View ArticleNOOOO!
The four members’ bills selected are: 53 Oaths and Declarations (Upholding the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill Te Ururoa Flavell 43 Local Government (Public Libraries) Amendment Bill Darien Fenton...
View ArticleGay Adoption
The Herald reports: The acting head judge of the Family Court has called for gay and lesbian couples to be given rights to adopt children, just as a private member’s bill on the issue goes into the...
View ArticleDeception
The couple on the right are South Florida trade-show executive Vanessa Alenier and her partner, Melanie Leon. They just won custody and the right to adopt a one year old girl who was born to a...
View ArticleCoddington on gay adoption
Deborah Coddington writes: What a mean-spirited bunch of commentators we’ve seen in this country, crawling out from under their rocks to spit upon the news that Sir Elton John became a father on...
View ArticleGay issues
Rainbow Wellington asked all the parties their views on various issues. For some reason they asked not just about gay issues but also weird stuff like prisoners having the vote. Anyway I thought the...
View ArticleConscience issues
Andrea Vance in a lengthy article looks at three controversial conscience issues which are unlikely to be debated by Parliament unless a member’s bill on them is drawn. They are euthanasia, gay...
View ArticleNats vote for same sex adoption
Whale Oil blogs that a remit was put to the National Party’s Northern Regional Conference by the Young Nationals: That the National Party legalise adoption for those who have entered into a civil union...
View ArticleAdoption law reform
Audrey Young in the NZ Herald reports: Two MPs from opposing parties, National’s Nikki Kaye and the Greens’ Kevin Hague, have joined forces to develop a bill that would legalise adoption by gay...
View ArticleHanding over law making
As I blogged yesterday I am in support of modernising our adoption laws. They are literally a relic from the 1950s. But the law reform is not just about whether same sex couples should be able to...
View ArticleNational conference votes for same sex adoption
A motion to extend adoption eligibility to couples in a civil union (hence same sex couples also) passed on the main floor of the National Party’s national annual conference yesterday by arounds a two...
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