nature of marriage - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 01 Aug 2012 22:47:42 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg nature of marriage - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Head to head: same-sex marriage https://cathnews.co.nz/2012/08/03/head-to-head-same-sex-marriage/ Thu, 02 Aug 2012 19:30:15 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=30868

Catholic priest Father Merv Duffy argues a change is wrong, dangerous, expensive and unnecessary while Presbyterian minister Margaret Mayman says it is equality that most New Zealanders, gay and straight, want. Father Merv Duffy: I oppose the proposed re-definition of marriage in Labour MP Louisa Wall's bill before Parliament because it is wrong, dangerous, expensive and Read more

Head to head: same-sex marriage... Read more]]> Catholic priest Father Merv Duffy argues a change is wrong, dangerous, expensive and unnecessary while Presbyterian minister Margaret Mayman says it is equality that most New Zealanders, gay and straight, want.

Father Merv Duffy: I oppose the proposed re-definition of marriage in Labour MP Louisa Wall's bill before Parliament because it is wrong, dangerous, expensive and unnecessary.

It is wrong because marriage is a historical and cultural universal reflecting our nature.

Humans are a sexually differentiated species - males and females are different - and we pair-bond. A couple who are attracted to each other set up a household and raise a family. The family, involving the genetic parents of the children co-operating to raise them, is an enduring institution which has taken many forms. Read more

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  • Merv Duffy and Margaret Mayman in Stuff
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Fr Merv Duffy is a Catholic priest who lectures at Good Shepherd College in Auckland; Rev Margaret Mayman is a Presbyterian minister.

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