New Zealand Prime Minister John Key
has endorsed marriage equality and says that he will vote for the bill about to be presented in the national parliament.
Mr.
Key told RadioLive NZ he would use a conscience vote to vote in favour
of Labour MP Louisa Wall's marriage equality bill, pulled from
parliament's ballot last week. "My view has been that if two gay people
want to get married then I can't see why it would undermine my marriage
to Bronagh," he said. "There will be plenty of people in our caucus who
will be deeply opposed - particularly the very religious ones, and I
can understand that." Asked whether his conscience would change in the
bill's third reading, he said: "No".
Key will not have the full support
of his party on the vote.
Controlling
59 of the 120 seats at the House of Representatives, Mr Key’s
centre-right National Party is expected to have a diverse range of
voting intentions. News.com.au indicates that 14 Green MPs have
committed their support and most of the 34 Labour MPs should back a
change in the law too. A poll in 2011 reported by the New Zealand Herald
had found 60 per cent in favour of equal marriage rights for gay and
straight couples and 34 per cent opposed. Support for such a measure
rose to 79 percent among those aged 18 to 34.
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New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has endorsed marriage equality and says that he will vote for the bill about to be presented in the national parliament. 
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