Civil Peace: After LGBT reform
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12th May 2008
After we secure the final items on our LGBT reform agenda - inclusive adoption reform, same-sex marriage proper, transgender rights and provocation law reform, then what?
The anti-smacking petition smackdown
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4th May 2008
The Kiwi Party and Family First have fallen far short of the required number of signatures to trigger a non-binding citizens' referendum.
Exclusive Brethren? Or the Usual Suspects?
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26th April 2008
The Exclusive Brethren reckon they don't need to campaign against the Clark administration this year, given that most opinion polls suggest its defeat.
Homophobia, Torture and Execution in Iran
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22nd April 2008
Iran's leaders sanction torture, flogging and execution for homosexuality. An estimated 4,000 lesbian and gay Iranians have been sentenced to death.
Iranian Dirge
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13th April 2008
"While I oppose any US military intervention against the Islamic Republic of Iran, I do not support the current quasi-theocratic regime."
Nocturne for Iraq
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18th March 2008
As the US Iraqi War quagmire continues, the misery of LGBT Iraqis is also compounded. So, what is the historical context here?
Direct Demagoguery?
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11th March 2008
Should we accept the authenticity of the signatures on the Kiwi Party's pro-belting petition? It's not as if conservative Christians haven't lied about the extent of their support before.
To Do, or Not To Do?
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5th March 2008
To hear the Christian Right, one would think that a totalitarian government was in power, busting down doors to punish errant fundamentalist parents for giving their little ones a tap on the hand.
Is Judith Collins the next John Banks?
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26th February 2008
"If I were the Leader of the Opposition, I'd call 'Banksia' in and ask her what she thinks she's doing."
Watching the Watchmen
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19th February 2008
NZ doesn't seem to have been afflicted with the latest breed of militant fundamentalist nuisances - the Watchmen on the Walls, from Russia with loathing.
Damning the Nile?
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13th February 2008
It is one of the unfortunate aspects of Fred Niles' political aspirations that apart from his wife, he tends to alienate his erstwhile New South Wales Christian Democrat Party members if they don't kowtow. And it's happening again...
Everybody Hates Fred
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7th February 2008
BBC reporter Louis Theroux covered Fred Phelps' obnoxious antigay (or is that anti-human?) church in Kansas recently. So, what is Phelps all about?
Taking A Constitutional...
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4th February 2008
Recently, New Zealand's constitutional future has been a subject of low-key debate. What form might it take, and how are we involved in this?
Christian Right: Spanking the Kiwi
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31st January 2008
At present, the Christian Right is mostly quiescent, apart from the rumblings of Family First and the oddly renamed Kiwi Party.
Political Ethics and Conservative Christians: The Ralph Reed Controversy
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29th January 2008
The NZ Christian Right needs to realise that the Electoral Finance Act is about insuring democratic accountability and transparency...