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"I am optimistic that we will get support from across the House.
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"Public opinion polls show that more than twice as many New Zealanders support marriage equality as oppose it so we can now make it law," he said. Green Party MP Kevin Hague, who had a similar bill of his own in the ballot, said all Green MPs would back Wall's bill. I think marriage is a heterosexual institution,'' he said. It was ''not exactly the biggest issue of the day,'' he said.Ĭhester Borrows, a minister outside the Cabinet, said he would not vote for the bill. We've been focused on the broader economy.''įourth-ranked Cabinet minister Steven Joyce said he had ''not given it a moment's thought''. Clearly it's important to some people, but we haven't been focused on that issue. ''In the big picture, it's not that important. I'm focused on the economic issues,'' he said. ''I have to say, it's not top of my agenda. National MPs canvassed on their way in to the debating chamber this afternoon were mostly reluctant to offer a view on either Wall's bill or gay marriage in general.Įnglish said he had ''not given it any thought at this stage''. ''We believe in freedom and equal opportunity for all Kiwis and our generation clearly agrees. "Our generation overwhelmingly supports marriage equality for all New Zealanders and our members of Parliament need to vote with that in mind," Young Nats president, Sean Topham said.
The youth wing of the National Party - the Young Nats - today said members supported marriage equality and would be lobbying National MPs to do the same. It just effectively puts in place what's already in existence." ''I think it's got a good chance of going through,'' Shearer said. Shearer today said Key's support for gay marriage may be ''some indication" of the National Party mood. Many of those MPs still in Parliament may also vote against Wall's bill. Some MPs, including Key and English, voted against legislation in 2004 that allowed same-sex couples to enter civil unions. Prime Minister John Key has previously indicated he would vote for a bill for gay marriage to at least be considered by a parliamentary select committee. New Zealand First MP Richard Prosser said that although he had ''nothing against gays'' he would be voting against a gay marriage bill to ''preserve the institution of marriage''.Ī members bill to allow same sex couples to marry was today drawn from a ballot. Gay marriage is ''the reality of our times'' and should be voted in to law, Shearer says, but deputy Prime Minister Bill English says it is ''not that important'' and he thought ''the problem had been solved'' with civil unions. Gay marriage backed by Labour leader and Young Nats People couldn't care less about it," he said. "I don't need validity of any relationship I am in, and in my experience others feel the same way.
He believed the controversial issue was "being driven by only a few people who enjoy a good bandwagon to climb on", but the issue of same-sex marriages was not a "common topic of conversation" in Christchurch's gay community. The drawing of the bill was a "non-event" for Williamson, and he said many people in the gay and lesbian community were asking "why we are discussing it" via online blogs and forums. The majority couldn't give a toss about it and I have no idea why people are obsessing over it." "The average gay guy couldn't care less about anything that resembles the institution of conventional heterosexual marriage," he said.