Thursday, May 10, 2012



Shearer rises to the challenge

Obama's declaration of support for same-sex marriage made it inevitable that people would start asking the same question of our local progressive politicians. And unlike his predecessor, David Shearer has risen to the challenge:

I fully support marriage equality in principle but would like to see the detail of any legislation before giving formal support.
Which is good, but as pointed out by Craig Ranapia, Labour could "see the detail" by writing the bill themselves. Alternatively, here's one I prepared earlier...