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New Zealand wants to make immoral homosexuality moral and righteous.

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Family First survey shows turnaround in level of approval for same-sex couples marrying . The Family First lobby group has published a poll which finally concedes what all other polls in the past year have shown - that more New Zealanders now support gay marriage than oppose it. The poll of 1000 people by blogger David Farrar 's Curia Research has found 47 per cent think same-sex couples should be allowed to marry, against 43 per cent who think "civil unions are sufficient for same-sex couples". It comes as a select committee is due to report back to Parliament this Thursday on Labour MP Louisa Wall 's bill that would define marriage as "the union of two people regardless of their sex, sexual orientation or gender identity". The committee is expected to recommend amending the bill to clarify that celebrants in churches or other religious bodies would not have to marry gay couples if they believe it is wrong. But human rights law, which bans discriminat