Family Integrity

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  • Family Integrity #489 — Copenhagen treaty

    Family Integrity #489 — Copenhagen treaty
    It would appear that New Zealand and other western countries are about to lose their sovereignty to a type of one world government which may be formed when a treaty is signed in Copenhagen in December, just weeks away.

    Here are the concluding 4 minutes of an hour long speech by Lord Monckton to a US audience on the subject just last month.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMe5dOgbu40

    Let me also encourage you to check out the website given at the end of the video.

    Regards,

    Craig & Barbara Smith

  • Should politicians have to listen to you?

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    OPEN LETTER

    DEMOCRACY

    Should politicians have to listen to you?

    The politicians have a bad track record with citizen’s initiated referendums..

    o          In 1999, 82% of NZ’ers said the number of MP’s should be reduced to 99 – the politicians ignored it

    o          In 1999, 92% of NZ’ers said that the needs of victims should have greater emphasis, restitution and compensation should be provided, and there should be minimum sentences and hard labour for all serious violent offences – in response, the politicians reduced parole eligibility to 1/3’rd of sentences, instructed judges to impose the least restrictive sentence, and have made unenforceable token gestures towards victims

    o          In 2009, 87.4% said that a smack for the purpose of correction should not be a crime under the law – the politicians ignored it

    o          And some people believe that we need a referendum on the proposed Auckland ‘Supercity’ because of the major changes it makes to the form of citizen representation.

    It’s about time the politicians got the message!

    As you know, we are working with businessman Colin Craig on the March for Democracy www.themarch.co.nz

    Colin Craig has been quoted as saying that he finds it “ deeply disturbing that such a clear message from the people of this country to government has been ignored. My forefathers fought for a democracy and in a democracy the government does not pass and retain laws that nearly 90% of the people don’t want. It is my turn to help fight for the rights of ordinary New Zealanders.”

    Colin isn’t just talking. He’s putting his money where his mouth is. And we need to get in behind him.

    As you can see, the purpose of this March goes even further than just the anti-smacking law. When NZ’ers and families speak with such a loud and united voice, as they have on these issues, the politicians must not be allowed to ignore them. It is significant that politicians are willing to accept democracy when it is to their benefit (i.e. getting elected!) but are willing to blatantly ignore it when suits their political agenda.

    The March is not a one-off – it is part of a long term strategy to bring representative democracy back to NZ

    Ironically, it appears that political parties are keen to accept petitions in their favour – United Future on daylight saving ,  Labour on night-classes – and they also support Referendums – National on MMP , Labour on the Auckland SuperCity , and the Greens on the Monarchy – but when it’s a Citizen’s Initiated Referendum, they suddenly go deaf!

    When the law was passed in 1993 allowing referendums to be initiated by the people, senior National MP Sir Doug Graham said “..it will be obvious that, if the public overwhelmingly supported a proposition contained in a referendum, clearly it would have great persuasive weight and any Government that simply ignored it would do so at its peril .”

    PLEASE MARK 1.30pm SATURDAY 21 NOVEMBER (meeting at the bottom of Queen St Auckland) IN YOUR DIARY – AND MARCH FOR DEMOCRACY!

    More details will be added to the website over the next couple of weeks www.themarch.co.nz

    Thanks for your consideration.

    Kind regards

    Bob McCoskrie
    National Director

    www.familyfirst.org.nz

  • Pro-life group at Canterbury University

    “Back in September 2008, a group of interested young people  had a meeting about the possibility of setting up a pro-life group in the University of Canterbury. We decided at that meeting that this was definitely something we wanted to pursue. University campuses are one of the best places to spread the pro-life message as there are thousands of young people at each campus, and the majority of women who have abortions are at campuses. Unfortunately, this is an opportunity that is not being used: there are no known pro-life groups in any campus in New Zealand at the moment, however we are hoping that our new group will be the first in a network of campus groups all over New Zealand.

    Here’s a description of our new group:
    We want to be a hub at the University of Canterbury for students who are pro-life, that is, valuing the preciousness of a baby’s life before birth. Also, we wish to help pregnant mothers by pointing them towards useful, caring counseling services. As well as having regular club meetings during term-time, we plan to run public forums and seminars at which we would present our views and welcome input. We believe this is a very relevant issue in today’s society and would like to help co-students understand better what abortion is.

    – Lillian Hoyt, pro-life UC President

    We have a site booked for each of the clubs days, running from the 23-25th February, where we will (Lord willing) have a stall, hand out brochures, talk with people about pro-life issues, and give away little hands gingerbread biscuits. :) If you’d like to get involved with our group or become a member, we’d love to hear from you – contact us at: prolifenz@gmail.com , or come along to the clubs days and have a chat to us there. If you’d like more information with what’s happening in New Zealand in regard to abortion, or you’d like to donate to the cause, look us up on http://www.prolife.org.nz where we have news updates, videos and links to other pro-life groups.  Please pray that there will be a lot of support for this group and its activities

    See you there!

    Lydie Moore”