New Zealand Churches say no to Homosexual Marriage
Church leaders will use their Sunday sermons this month to implore their congregations to speak out against gay marriage . With three weeks left for submissions on the bill to legalise gay marriage, the New Zealand Christian Network has asked members to write to the Government in opposition of the law change. In an email to be "read out in churches" this month, the network encourages Christians to "take time to seek God 's heart before writing their submission with grace and truth". National director of the New Zealand Christian Network Glyn Carpenter said it was "highly probable that this bill will not be good for New Zealand". "This bill on its own will not bring about the destruction of society as we know it," he said. "Marriage is already facing a number of challenges, and anyone with an ounce of common sense can see that families and society are weaker and poorer as a result. "What politicians should be doing is looking at w