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MPs bring siblings out of the closet - 8-Dec-2004

Two MPs have gone public about the sexuality of their siblings as debate on the Civil Union Bill enters its critical final stages. NZ First MP Brian Donnelly told Parliament yesterday that one of his two brothers was gay and Labour MP Mark Peck said he had a gay sister. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Dominion Post

Te Heuheu in firing line for wearing badge - 8-Dec-2004

Gays have criticised National MP Georgina te Heuheu's "shameless hypocrisy" in wearing a pro-civil unions badge at an Aids Foundation function just days before voting against the bill. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Dominion Post

Families prompt MPs to back Civil Unions bill - 8-Dec-2004

MP Brian Donnelly yesterday praised his macho father and his staunchly Catholic mother for the respect with which they treated his gay brother, as the civil union debate continued to get personal. Read the full story/Visit the site - New Zealand Herald

Silent rally v noisy party - 8-Dec-2004

Civil Union Bill opponents plan to hold a silent rally at Parliament tomorrow as the bill faces its final vote. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Dominion Post

Bishops go too far - 7-Dec-2004

The Catholic bishops have misjudged the temper of the public and risked their authority by issuing last Sunday's pastoral letter, The Press says in an editorial. Far from advancing their opposition to the Civil Union Bill, the intervention will make the legislation's passage more likely. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Press

Richard Worth: Relationships Bill provides legal security for all couples - 7-Dec-2004

As a member of the select committee hearing submissions on the Civil Union Bill and the Relationships (Statutory References) Bill, I spent days listening to the wishes and concerns of both supporters and opponents of the bills. Read the full story/Visit the site - New Zealand Herald

Civil union opponents lack votes to stop bill - 7-Dec-2004

Opponents of the controversial Civil Union Bill look like falling three to five votes short of the numbers they need to stop it becoming law. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Dominion Post

Civil Unions Bill debate gets to the nitty-gritty - 7-Dec-2004

MPs will get down to the nitty-gritty of the Civil Union Bill tonight and tomorrow under urgency, in a debate that is unlikely to be as restrained as it was last week. Read the full story/Visit the site - New Zealand Herald

Use your vote, urge churches - 6-Dec-2004

Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders are being urged by their churches to take political action against the Civil Union Bill. Yesterday, Catholics and Baptists were encouraged to monitor how MPs voted on the controversial bill, due to be put to a final vote in Parliament this week, and respond accordingly at next year's election. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Dominion Post

Use your vote over civil union urge churches - 6-Dec-2004

Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders are being urged by their churches to take political action against the Civil Union Bill. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Dominion Post

God's wrath on bill backers - 6-Dec-2004

Castration kits and religious videos have become the latest weapon in the lobbying over the Civil Union Bill. Read the full story/Visit the site - TVNZ

Bishops' last-ditch bid to block Civil Union Bill - 6-Dec-2004

The Catholic Church yesterday made an 11th-hour attempt to block the Civil Union Bill, which is due to be put to a final vote in Parliament this week. Read the full story/Visit the site - New Zealand Herald

Editorial: Tough calls not ours - 6-Dec-2004

Over the weekend National MP Richard Worth said he would introduce an amendment to the Civil Union Bill that would allow unions between same sex couples but take away the ceremonial aspect of it. Couples would simply register their union and the sanctity of traditional marriage would be thus preserved. Read the full story/Visit the site - The Timaru Herald

Simich supports Civil Union Bill as is - 5-Dec-2004

A National MP who was one of only three in his party to vote in favour of the controversial Civil Union Bill, does not support an amendment put forward by one of his caucus colleagues. Read the full story/Visit the site - TVNZ

Unions 'not replacing' marriage - 5-Dec-2004

Woodville-based Tineke Stokes, president of the Celebrants Association of New Zealand (Canz) said the association had no hard and fast rules regarding couples seeking to formalise their relationships, but the decision was down to the individual marriage celebrant. Read the full story/Visit the site - Manawatu Standard

Barnett unconcerned about Civil Union Bill - 5-Dec-2004

The Labour MP who has championed the Civil Union Bill remains confident that it will be passed, despite an 11th hour opposition attempt to replace it with an alternative bill. Read the full story/Visit the site - TVNZ

Kerre Woodham: Let's leave it to God - 5-Dec-2004

When I was 11 there was a boy at my school in Waihi who we all loved. He was handsome, and kind, and funny and somehow not like the other boys. And therein of course was the rub. Instinctively we knew that while we could be best friends with him, we would never be girlfriends. Read the full story/Visit the site - New Zealand Herald

Last minute bid to change bill - 4-Dec-2004

An opposition MP has launched an 11th hour bid to change the controversial Civil Union Bill, by replacing it with an alternative way of acknowledging relationships. The proposed legislation - which gives legal recognition to defacto and same sex couples - is due to go to a final debate in parliament next week. Read the full story/Visit the site - TVNZ

Eugene Moore: Opposing Civil Union Bill a recipe for heartbreak - 2-Dec-2004

Amid the furore over the Civil Union Bill is a simple fact that seems to be lost on those who think it will harm the institution of heterosexual marriage. As long as people who have a predominantly homosexual orientation are made to feel that they and their relationships are somehow less than those of heterosexuals, most homosexually oriented people will continue to do what we've done for centuries - to place ourselves in heterosexual relationships. Read the full story/Visit the site - NZ Herald

All in union - 4-Dec-2004

National MP Richard Worth wants changes to the Civil Union Bill so any form of relationship - including non-intimate relationships - can be officially recognised. Read the full story/Visit the site - New Zealand Herald

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