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New Zealand principals have been warned they could breach the Human Rights Act if they stop students taking same-sex partners to their school balls. Secondary Principals' Association president Tom Parsons has highlighted the issue - hotly debated in previous years - as the ball season kicks off and acceptance of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community grows. Mr Parsons sent a letter to the country's principals yesterday outlining possible unlawful discrimination under the act if students were stopped from taking a same-sex date. Mr Parsons said the letter was a "heads up" for principals unfamiliar with the issue that arose each ball season. Human Rights Commission spokesman Gilbert Wong said cases differed, but it was ultimately against the act to discriminate against someone based on their sexual orientations. Mr Wong said a number of queries about same-sex ball partners were received each year, and resulted in a "handful" of complaints.

Image via Wikipedia Long-time pro-life Member of Parliament John Cummins , now the leader-designate of British Columbia ’s Conservative Party, sparked a media frenzy this week after insisting that those inclined to homosexuality be given the same rights as the rest of Canadians, and no more. Cummins told a Victoria radio station Wednesday that he voted against the 1996 bill that added “sexual orientation” as a ground for discrimination to the Canada Human Rights Act because homosexuals are already protected from discrimination, just like all Canadians. “People are already protected under the human rights code. In my view it was not necessary to add another category,” Cummins told CFAX radio.  “They have the same rights under the Human Rights Act as you and I. Nobody is coming to me and saying whatever I do behind closed doors is somebody else’s business.” “I’m not a scientist [but] some of the research tells me that there’s more of an indication that that’s a choice issue,” he a