Deceived NZ Churches over Homosexual marriage
The debate on same-sex marriage has stepped up with both ends of the Church spectrum weighing in and a former MP comparing the proposed law change to "apartheid". A select committee has begun the task of hearing a selection of more than 20,000 submissions on a bill to legalise gay and transgender marriage. Committee member and Green MP Kevin Hague said the submissions yesterday ranged from "great" to "confused". Former Dean of the Holy Trinity Cathedral Bishop Richard Randerson spoke in support of the bill on the grounds that marriage was a committed union which provided a stable environment for children. The Anglican leader said this was not only a religious ideal but was backed by social science. Bishop Randerson argued that the Bible was not clear-cut in its condemnation of homosexuality. "The question of long-term, committed, same-sex relationships was just not an issue that was considered in biblical times. "What we look for in the Bible