Family First appeals deregistration

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2015

A lobby group fighting to keep its status as a registered charity says it operates the way it always has, so it shouldn’t lose its status.

Family First is appealing a decision the Charities Registration Board made to de-register it in 2013.

The group said its opposition to gay marriage was the reason Charities Services wanted to deregister it.

The Charities Registration Board said Family First’s main purpose was to promote “particular points of view about family life” and the lobby group did not advance religion or education, nor promote a benefit to all New Zealanders, as the law required charities to do.

Family First said today nothing had changed since it was allowed to keep its status as a charity five years ago. Read more

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