http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/the-internaut/nzs-marriage-equality-bill-a-longblog/ Political, Cultural and Literary life of New Zealand Fri, 24 May 2013 12:46:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.listener.co.nz/commentary/the-internaut/nzs-marriage-equality-bill-a-longblog/comment-page-1/#comment-1300 Chasbe Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:27:48 +0000 http://www.listener.co.nz/?p=61700#comment-1300 Many people with a religious bent are of the view that marriage should only be between a man and a woman and the prosed changes to the Marriages Act are an abomination. On principal I agree with the Bill and its intent. However I would suggest that the Act relating to Civil Unions be the Act being amended to ensure that all the rights of the "Marriage" apply to Civil Unions, followed by revoking the Marriages Act. This would then get the State out of the field of marriages. Marriage and the rites of marriage would be then again the role of the belief system of those wanting to be married under the rigours of that particular belief system. However these marriages would not have any statutory backing, interference or recognition by the State, except of course where the rites and system are contrary to good law.<span class="safe-comments-report-link">Wrong usage of print_flagging_link().</span> Many people with a religious bent are of the view that marriage should only be between a man and a woman and the prosed changes to the Marriages Act are an abomination. On principal I agree with the Bill and its intent. However I would suggest that the Act relating to Civil Unions be the Act being amended to ensure that all the rights of the “Marriage” apply to Civil Unions, followed by revoking the Marriages Act. This would then get the State out of the field of marriages. Marriage and the rites of marriage would be then again the role of the belief system of those wanting to be married under the rigours of that particular belief system. However these marriages would not have any statutory backing, interference or recognition by the State, except of course where the rites and system are contrary to good law.Wrong usage of print_flagging_link().

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