Marriage Equality Bill Passes in New Zealand – Definition of Marriage

Live and let live I say. Well done New Zealand. Parliament has voted to make same-sex marriage legal, 77 votes to 44, making New Zealand the 13th country in the world and the first in the Asia-Pacific region to legalize same-sex marriage:

“It’s a declaration of love and commitment to a special person … ” ~ Louisa Wall

~ by Fionnlagh on April 17, 2013.

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Certainly. This is the official transcript of Louisa Wall’s ‘third reading,’ from the New Zealand parliament website. Be sure to cite your sources correctly.

http://www.parliament.nz/mi-NZ/PB/Debates/Debates/1/e/6/50HansD_20130417_00000020-Marriage-Definition-of-Marriage-Amendment.htm

Happy to oblige, and thank you for commenting.

Fionnlagh said this on April 23, 2013 at 12:18 pm | Reply
I would like to find the whole presentation of Louisa Wall on paper, I do speak Spanish and her English it is a little hard for me to understand. If you have it, or it is in a newspaper, or in a document, please let me know!!! I would like to qoute her and to use some odeas from her speech to fight for samesex marriage in México. Thank you!!!

José Cortés said this on April 23, 2013 at 7:40 am | Reply