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LGBT News Marriage Equality in New Zealand!

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  1. Ridiculous

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    Lobbying surge as marriage equality bill vote nears... | Stuff.co.nz
    10 minutes until they start and about two and a half hours of second-class-citizenship to go! Get your party poppers ready...
     
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    Some great speeches so far. Pity the feed keeps freezing where I am.
     
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    Mine too; I'm just listening to the audio (which is mostly fine) and not bothering watching the video.
     
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    I have to say I'm really impressed how our politicians have brought up not just lesbian and gay people, but also bisexual, transgender, and intersex people, as well as the 'sexuality/gender continuum' and how it changes over our lives. We are really lucky that the majority of our leaders know what they are talking about.

    Also happy how heavy everyone has come down on those little shits at "Family First" and how hard it will be for them to be seen in any positive light ever again.
     
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    I hope it passes.
     
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    This music I swear I'm going to be dreaming of it for years...

    ---------- Post added 17th Apr 2013 at 09:40 PM ----------

    Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees we did it!

    77 to 44
     
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    Yeehah !
     
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    And now they are all singing! Literally everyone in the parliament house including the politicians and the public gallery... I'm gonna cry.
     
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    :thumbsup:
     
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    Congratulations New Zealand!!!
     
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    The video is so touching. I love how they break out into song at the end. :slight_smile: Here is the vid of the end of the ruling.
     
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    Congratulation to New Zealand! That's one more country on our side.
     
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    I can't wait to live in a country that supports Marriage Equality. I just hope that someday soon I won't have to move to live there.
     
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    Good job kiwis!!!!
     
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    Awesome! and congratulations!!
     
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    It's the morning after here in Auckland... the sun rose just the way it did before the passage of the bill and it's a blue sky day (so far). If god(s) exist s/he / it / they don't seem to be too pissed off over it all.
     
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    Congratulations to New Zealand!:eusa_clap:eusa_clap
     
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    Oh don't worry, I'm sure they'll respond in kind with a tragedy of some sort. Probably not in NZ, sure, but maybe a hurricane or something....probably in a hurricane-prone area. During hurricane season....
     
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    Congrats NZ!
     
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