Monthly Archives: July 2012
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On Radio Rhema re Protectmarriage Hack
July 31, 2012
Bob McCoskrie talks about the crash of the website protectmarriage.org.nz with NZ’s Rhema with Pat Brittenden http://www.rhema.co.nz/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=5096:bob-mccoskrie-on-projectmarriage-hack&Itemid=16...
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Marriage is an institution between a man and a woman, period
July 31, 2012
JOHN TAMIHERE – Radio Live / Sunday News July 29 2012 This week a number of Private Members Bills were drawn from the ballot to make their way to a Private Members day which happens...
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Peters calls for gay marriage referendum
July 31, 2012
Stuff.co.nz 31 July 2012 NZ First leader Winston Peters has called for a referendum on gay marriage, but declined to say how he would vote on one. Peters this afternoon said the eight New Zealand...
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With Susan Wood on Newstalk ZB
July 31, 2012Family First’s Bob McCoskrie talks to Susan Wood about the proposed changes to marriage laws and their affect. http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/player/ondemand/45007845-family-first-debates-same-sex-marriage-laws...
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Anti-gay marriage website attacked
July 31, 2012
NZ Herald 30 July 2012 A website opposed to a law change that would allow gay marriage has been removed from the internet, less than 12 hours after its launch. The website at protectmarriage.org.nzfeatured an...
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Wrong, dangerous, expensive and unnecessary.
July 31, 2012
Catholic priest Father Merv Duffy argues a change is wrong, dangerous, expensive and unnecessary I oppose the proposed re-definition of marriage in Labour MP Louisa Wall’s bill before Parliament because it is wrong, dangerous, expensive...
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No: Civil Unions. Yes: Gay Marriage. Huh?
July 31, 2012
MP buoyed by Key’s gay marriage support NZ Herald 31 July 2012 Labour MP Louisa Wall is hoping the Prime Minister’s near-endorsement of her bill to legalise same-sex marriage could give it the legs to...
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Anti-gay marriage website crashes after launch
July 30, 2012
NZ Herald 30 July 2012 An anti-gay marriage website has had a few teething problems – it crashed shortly after launch and a US band is appalled one of its songs has been used without permission....
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Bob McCoskrie on Newstalk ZB with Leighton Smith
July 30, 2012LISTEN HERE...
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First, Same Sex Marriage. Next, Polygamy?
July 30, 2012
Media Release 30 July 2012 Family First NZ is repeating its call for political parties to state where they stand on the issue of redefining marriage to allow polygamy and polyamory. “Wellington-based activist group The...
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On Radio Live with Marcus Lush re marriage website
July 30, 2012LISTEN HERE...
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Marriage not the end of the line, gay group stresses
July 28, 2012
GayNZ 27 July 2012 Wellington-based activist group The Queer Avengers is calling for a struggle “beyond marriage”, saying while it supports marriage equality, it’s not the end of the line for GLBT rights. While the...
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Website to Protect Marriage Launched
July 27, 2012
Media Release 30 July 2012 A website to protect the current definition of marriage as ‘one man one woman’ has been launched today. The website is protectmarriage.org.nzand has been launched in response to the private...
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Family company targeted for supporting traditional marriage
July 27, 2012
3 News 27 July 2012 All of a sudden, biting into a fried chicken sandwich has become a political statement. Chick-fil-A, the fast-food chain known for putting faith ahead of profits by closing on Sundays,...
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Will same-sex marriage have impact on faith-based organisations?
July 27, 2012
Labour MP Louisa Wall is trying to argue that churches will not be impacted by her same-sex marriage amendment. She is completely wrong. Just look across the world at international experience on this issue. Here...
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“Average gay guy couldn’t give a toss”
July 27, 2012
Christchurch Press 27 July 2012 …However, a stalwart of the gay community said the “average gay guy couldn’t give a toss” about legalising same sex marriages. Bruce Williamson, who has run gay nightclubs in Christchurch...
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MPs reluctant to commit on gay marriage
July 27, 2012
NZ Newswire 27 July 2012 Prime Minister John Key and Labour leader David Shearer have confirmed they will support the gay marriage bill on its first reading, but most MPs are keeping their views to...
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What MPs think of gay marriage
July 27, 2012
3 News 26 July 2012 Extended footage http://www.3news.co.nz/What-MPs-think-of-gay-marriage—extended-footage/tabid/1607/articleID/262771/Default.aspx...
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Give your backing to current marriage laws
July 26, 2012
Stuff.co.nz 27 July 2012 OPINION: Despite the often-heard, throwaway comment that marriage is “just a piece of paper”, the overwhelming evidence would suggest that this is not so. According to the Statistics Department, in the...
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MPs to vote on gay marriage
July 26, 2012NZ Herald 26 July 2012 A bill on whether to legalise gay marriage is to go before Parliament. The bill, submitted by Labour MP Louisa Wall and aimed at legalising same-sex marriage, has been drawn...