Family Integrity

John Key – speaking to media at the ‘Big Gay Out’ Feb 2014
“The reality is that if I hadn’t voted for gay marriage it’s less likely it would have passed because the truth is that centre-right politicians are the ones that are less likely to vote for gay marriage – that’s been the trend around the world. Lots of prime ministers have been unwilling to either support or introduce the legislation when they come from the right of politics, and I gave a lot of cover to conservative MP’s that would have wanted to vote for it. So if you go and ask Louisa Wall what she thinks who had the members bill and she’s actually been really supportive of what I’ve done.” AUDIO
Family First NZ Comment: “Lots of prime ministers have been unwilling to either support or introduce the legislation” because their voter base wouldn’t agree with redefining marriage and probably didn’t expect a centre-right government to flip-flop on the issue! The real concern is that while voters expected a socially conservative government, the current government is much more socially liberal than voters realised. Hence, bills promoting euthanasia, same-sex adoption, redefinition of marriage and liberalising abortion laws are considered potential winners. Attempts to fix the harms of gambling and prostitution, parental notification for teen abortions, anti-smacking laws, and the booze culture are being side-lined or weakened. That’s how far to the socially liberal side our parliament has moved – even with a centre right government! And that should concern us all.
READ MORE Marriage vote – National confusion, or just voting with the boss?

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Family First has put together a one page summary of the key points to help you defend marriage as it has always been defined.

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ORAL SUBMISSIONS
Family First’s understanding is that oral submissions will be called up over the next month or so. Remember that even if you can’t appear in person, you can make your oral submission by telephone or teleconference. They have some basic guidelines and advice for you as you prepare for your submission. CLICK HERE

FAMILY FIRST IS STILL COLLECTING SIGNATURES

To view all this information:

http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=0cd68702160c587ec85116fce&id=fc5bab969a&e=2aba54cb41

OFF TO SELECT COMMITTEE
By a vote of 80 for, 40 against (and 1 absent), the Same-Sex Marriage Bill is off to the Select Committee. This means that people like you can make submissions and have your say direct to the MP’s – and we’ll help you every step of the way with information and resources so as to make it as simple as possible! The vote last night also shows that only 20 MP’s need to change their vote to defeat this bill.

STILL COLLECTING SIGNATURES
Please note that although we have presented the first batch of signatures (48,000), we are still collecting signatures. We would love to be able to present 100,000 signatures to the Select Committee. So our basic message is: Keep Signing. Keep Sending them in. Please note – you can only sign the petition once, but please encourage others to sign. http://www.protectmarriage.org.nz/sign-the-petition

THANK YOU TO THE BRAVE 40
40 MP’s voted to Protect Marriage last night. Please thank them. We are grateful for their stand for marriage. To read more go to here: http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=0cd68702160c587ec85116fce&id=8e5a36bc6b&e=2ea8a9d91e

To send an email of thanks to the 40 MP’s, click here http://goo.gl/2OceS