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New Zealand: Gay marriage forum year on
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/312311/gay-marriage-forum-yearGay marriage forum year on
By Eileen Goodwin on Tue, 12 Aug 2014
News: Dunedin
Church representatives were questioned about gay rights at a forum in Dunedin last night marking a year this month since marriage equality law passed.
The Presbyterians, Anglicans, Catholics, and Methodists fronted for the forum, organised by Otago University Students' Association queer support officer Neill Ballantyne.
It was jointly hosted by the University of Otago Centre for Theology and Public Issues and OUSA Queer Support.
The Bishop of Dunedin, the Rt Rev Dr Kelvin Wright, said gay marriage was a ''non-issue'' for him, but there remained division of opinion among Anglicans.... MORE at link provided above.