Category Archives: News
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Spike in divorce applications: ‘It’s that New Year’s resolution’
January 10, 2019
TVNZ One News 7 January 2019 Family First Comment: A sad reality – but at least NZ has a structure in place which means that divorces can’t be done quickly and without due consideration – as...
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Aussie twins call for law change so they can marry same man
December 28, 2018
NewsHub 24 December 2018 Family First Comment: Well, why not? Love is love? Marriage ‘equality’? #AsPredicted A pair of twins who claim to be the most identical in the world are calling on the Australian Government...
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Australia Govt Supports Charity Advocacy For Marriage
December 17, 2018
Media Release 17 December 2018 The Australian government has accepted a recommendation from the Ruddock review into religious freedom to amend their Charities Act to ensure that groups who say marriage is between a man...
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Newspoll: Majority Backs Laws to Protect Religions (Aust)
November 30, 2018
The Australian 26 November 2018 Family First Comment: A clear majority of Australians — including nearly 60 per cent of Labor voters — has backed new laws to prevent individuals, schools and companies from being discriminated...
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Wedding mag closes after refusal to feature same-sex couples
November 20, 2018
Radio NZ News 19 November 2018 Family First Comment: “Luke and Carla Burrell, founders of White Magazine, said advertisers had abandoned them in droves. In a farewell post on its website, the magazine’s founders said they...
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The law must allow BOTH my marriages – ‘polyamorous’ woman (UK)
November 19, 2018
Daily Mail 19 November 2018 Family First Comment: The marriage equality campaign will HAVE to get behind this. Love. Consent. Equality. Why not? www.ProtectMarriage.nz A woman is calling for a change of law than allows people...
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UK bakery’s refusal to bake pro same-sex marriage cake did not discriminate – court
October 11, 2018
NewsHub 11 October 2018 Family First Comment: Superb decision in the UK “The court said the situation was more akin to a Christian printing business being required to print leaflets promoting an atheist message.” #FreeToBelieve www.ProtectMarriage.nz ...
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Defending the family declares an authority above the state
September 12, 2018
BRUCE LOGAN – Published in the Dominion Post 12 Sep 2018 We’ve been at war over marriage and family for some time. Are we approaching the last battle? In a High Court judgement against Family...
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New social justice rights limit long-standing freedoms
September 12, 2018
Stuff co.nz 12 September 2018 Family First Comment: Who’s the boss? God or the state? Family First, in its defence of the natural family, declares that there is an authority above the state. Which is no...
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MercatorNet – Promoting the natural family is ‘not in the public benefit’
September 7, 2018
MercatorNet 6 September 2018 New Zealand’s foremost family advocacy group, Family First, faces losing its charitable status after a judgement from the High Court finding that its purposes and activities are not predominantly for the...
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WE’RE APPEALING: Family First Intends To Appeal Deregistration Decision
September 3, 2018
Media Release 3 Sep 2018 The High Court has delivered a judgment which upholds the Charities Board’s decision to de-register Family First as a charity. The High Court has stated at paragraph [74] of its...
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Alan J. Hawkins and Hal Boyd: How (and Why) Government Should Invest in Marriage
August 27, 2018
Public Discourse 20 August 2018 Family First Comment: Excellent commentary.. “Divorce doesn’t just end a marriage, it frequently also involuntarily weakens a parent-child relationship—usually with the father—and, over time, can result in the negative effects...
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US baker sues Colorado after refusal to bake cake celebrating gender transition opposed
August 16, 2018
TVNZ One News 16 August 2018 Family First Comment: First it was ‘you MUST accept same-sex marriage.’ Now it’s ‘you MUST accept gender ideology.’ All in the name of tolerance eh “Colorado is on a...
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New law will protect minors from forced marriage in New Zealand
August 8, 2018
NZ Herald 8 August 2018 A law that gives children more protection against forced marriage is expected to pass with unanimous support in Parliament today. The Marriage (Court Consent to Marriage of Minors) Amendment Bill...
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Warkworth baker refuses to make wedding cake for gay couple
July 9, 2018
NZ Herald 9 July 2018 Family First Comment: A gracious response… “”I do not wish to offend either of you and I thank you for letting me know that it is a same-sex wedding,” it...
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Baker Has Every Right To Freedom Of Conscience & Belief
July 9, 2018
Media Release 9 July 2018 Family First NZ says that service providers – including the Warkworth baker – who believe in traditional marriage should have every right to refuse to provide their services for same-sex...
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Lee Suckling: Throuples: The truth about three-person relationships
June 30, 2018
NZ Herald 27 June 2018 Family First Comment: And so the groundwork of preparing society for group ‘marriage’ continues! This time in the NZ Herald… “As I said, three-person relationships, when consensual, are just as...
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Marriage Celebrants Will Be Sacked Despite Political Assurances
June 25, 2018
Media Release 22 June 2018 Family First NZ says that marriage celebrants will be sacked if they refuse to marry a same-sex couple, despite the fact that it goes against their personal convictions, despite the...
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Canadian judge rules child born to polyamorous trio has three parents
June 14, 2018
LifeSite News 13 June 2018 Family First Comment: As predicted, with Canada leading the way. This will set a precedent for NZ… “REAL Women’s vice president warned the decision legitimizes polyamorous relationships and paves the...
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Supreme Court rules in favour of baker who would not make wedding cake for gay couple
June 5, 2018
NZ Herald 5 May 2018 Family First Comment: Great decision…. “Government hostility toward people of faith has no place in our society, yet the state of Colorado was openly antagonistic toward Jack’s religious beliefs about...