NZ Parliament Agrees to Gay Marriage and the house sings a love song

by fulltimestudent 1 Replies latest jw friends

  • fulltimestudent
    fulltimestudent

    New Zealand has its problems like any other country, but it also has a nice level of tolerance. Yes! It did once incur the anger of Uncle Sam for refusing to let nuclear powered warships usse NZ harbours, but I think Uncle Sam managed to cope with that.

    Perhaps nothing else demonstrates the tolerance of the country as the big margin (in the house vote) by which gay marriage became law.

    Hope these can be seen in other countries:

    http://media.smh.com.au/national/selections/new-zealand-passes-gay-marriage-bill-4200652.html

    and this one shows the Parliament and the public gallery singing a maori love song, after the bill passed. The article is written from an aussie viewpoint. Polling in Australia consistently shows a majority in favour of permitting same-sex marriage:

    ( I think you will have to open the article, and then start the video),

    http://www.smh.com.au/comment/nzs-samesex-marriage-goahead-puts-our-leaders-to-shame-20130418-2i1q6.html

    The words of the song are translated as -

    My poor pen is broken, my paper is spent

    But my love for you endures, and remains forever more.

    Oh my beloved, come back to me, my heart is breaking of love for you.

  • barry
    barry

    according to the bean counters Australia will lose about 700 million when gay Australians fly across the tasman to get married in New Zealand

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