Monday, August 09, 2004
Nothing like a good protest to get the family together
My Right does not have strong views on the Civil Unions Bill, it is very much in the "it has very little impact on me, but seems fair enough" basket. The debate that has surrounded the Bill has much more interesting than the Bill itself to my mind. This press statement in particular caught the eye, from the Civil Union Bill Support Society:
'The sight of black shirted youth from Destiny Church marching through centralMy Right had the pleasure of witnessing this 'protest' whilst sitting in the traffic jam it caused and would be astonished if anymore than a handful of the 'protesters' knew what their cause was that day. Kids everywhere were enjoying a good play on the road in downtown Auckland, and adults, as indifferent to the kids whereabouts as they were to the "protest" itself. Tamaki was in a pair of leather strides that could have caused moral outrage on their own.
Auckland on Sat 7th against civil unions and other progressive law reforms is
appalling' says Des Smith of the Civil Union Bill Support Society
'It is disturbing to see these children being used by their bigoted and intolerant parents. How will they grow up in today's world? Will they be the future gay bashers? Should they discover that they themselves have a homosexual orientation will family pressures lead them to consider suicide? I hope not but the risk is there'
'The march is reminiscent of the rise of Hitler in Nazi Germany. How ironic it is that they should be using the well known Martin Luther King slogan "Enough is Enough". King stood strongly for justice and equality and opposed intolerance'
'Is the Destiny rally at parliament later this month going to provide a further
opportunity for children to be misused?
If so it will be very evident that Destiny followers do not espouse the same wholesome family values as thousands of other heterosexual or gay and lesbian families throughout NZ'.
Nothing more than a recruitment drive and publicity seeking bollocks for Destiny in the name of intolerance - and the Police let them hold up central city traffic for it. Surely there is a vacant carpark somewhere in Auckland for these guys to bring there kids up in.
