A bill to legalise same-sex marriage will pass its first hurdle when it comes before Parliament this week, a Herald poll of MPs shows.
A straw poll found that a slender majority of 61 MPs wanted Labour MP Louisa Wall’s bill to progress at least to the select committee stage.
Several more MPs had not committed themselves to a decision yesterday but said they were likely to back the bill at the first reading on Wednesday.
Authored By Isaac Davison – See the Full Story at the New Zealand Herald
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