A2 NEWS Thursday, August30, 2012 THE PRESS, Christchurch ■ MARITAL RIGHTS » PRESS INFO Marchers back gay marriage B7 CLASSIFIED INDEX B7 CROSSWORDS Belle Mayston and Kyasha Robin- HOW MPS VOTED son are young and in love. B8 FAMILY NOTICES They have been living together B9 SHARE TABLES in Wellington for the past year How your MP voted in the Marriage B8 ENTERTAINMENT and one day, they say, they may (Definition of Marriage) want to get married. Amendment Bill: The couple, aged 20 and 21, FOR: 80 joined the march to Parliament Amy Adams (N); Jacinda Ardern (L); » REGULARS yesterday in favour of Labour MP Chris Auchinvole (N); John Banks (A); Louisa Wall’s Definition of Mar- Maggie Barry (N); Paula Bennett (N); riage Amendment Bill, on which Jackie Blue (N); Steffan Browning News A1-A10 MPs were voting last night. (G); Gerry Brownlee (N); Cam Calder BusinessDay A11-A12 Their families and friends (N); David Carter (N); Charles Editorial/Letters A14 accepted their love, they said, so Chauvel (L); David Clark (L); David Perspective A15 they could see no reason why the Clendon (G); Jonathan Coleman (N); Weather/TV listings A16 Government shouldn’t as well. Judith Collins (N); Clayton Cosgrove World B1, B3, B5-B6 Mayston said the institution of (L); David Cunliffe (L); Clare Curran Sport B13-B14 marriage was as important to gay (L); Lianne Dalziel (L); Jacqui Dean Racing PUNT LIFTOUT couples as it was to heterosexuals. (N); Catherine Delahunty (G); Peter ‘‘Civil union sounds cold. Dunne (UF); Ruth Dyson (L); Kris ‘‘It sounds clinical. It sounds Faafoi (L); Darien Fenton (L); Te PANPA (Australasia & Pacific) Newspaper of the Year 2011, like sort of a business partner- Ururoa Flavell (MP); Craig Foss (N); daily newspapers 25,000 to 90,000 circulation. ship. Definitely marriage is more Julie Anne Genter (G); Phil Goff (L); Canon NZ Newspaper of the Year 2012, 30,000-plus daily circulation. appealing – we’d be able to flaunt Paul Goldsmith (N); Jo Goodhew (N); it. It just strikes me as ridiculous Kennedy Graham (G); Tim Groser (N); that we [can’t marry]. Kevin Hague (G); Hone Harawira (M); ‘‘I feel segregated.’’ Tau Henare (N); Chris Hipkins (L); Robinson said the tide Parekura Horomia (L); Gareth appeared to be turning as public Hughes (G); Paul Hutchison (N); support for the bill grew. She said Shane Jones (L); Steven Joyce (N); Wellington, as ‘‘quite an accepting Nikki Kaye (N); John Key (N); Annette Our story ‘‘Solid Energy suspends Spring Creek place’’, was the ideal stage for the King (L); Iain Lees-Galloway (L); work’’ attracted comment online yesterday. gay marriage revolution. Andrew Little (L); Jan Logie (G); About 1000 people marched Moana Mackey (L); Nanaia Mahuta ‘‘Surely it is about time the West Coast from Civic Square to Parliament (L); Trevor Mallard (L); Mojo Mathers economy tries to find another ‘jewel in the yesterday in support of the bill, (G); Murray McCully (N); Ian McKelvie crown’ other than the coalmining bearing rainbow flags and plac- (N); Sue Moroney (L); Russel Norman industry. The environmental impact alone ards and chanting equality slo- (G); Hekia Parata (N); David Parker of the coal industry does not make good gans. Among the crowd were (L); Rajen Prasad (L); Grant reading. Perhaps they should start Timothy Atkin, 22, and Adam Robertson (L); Denise Roche (G); collecting water; they get plenty of it and it Antao, 21, who have been together Jami-Lee Ross (N); Eugenie Sage (G); sells for more per litre than petrol.’’ – MAC for about three years, and would Pita Sharples (MP); David Shearer (L); like the chance to marry one day. Scott Simpson (N); Lockwood Smith ‘‘I’d like the ability to choose to (N); Maryan Street (L); Rino be able to get married,’’ Antao Tirikatene (L); Chris Tremain (N); said. ‘‘We have sort of talked Metiria Turei (G); Tariana Turia (MP); about it. Having a civil union just Phil Twyford (L); Nicky Wagner (N); isn’t the same.’’ Holly Walker (G); Louisa Wall (L); Atkin said marriage should be Kate Wilkinson (N); Maurice available to everybody. ‘‘It’s a big Williamson (N); Megan Woods (L) issue, when it shouldn’t be. It’s AGAINST: 40 important because there’s no real Shane Ardern (N); Kanwaljit Singh reason the law shouldn’t [change]. Bakshi (N); David Bennett (N); ‘‘The people who are opposed Chester Borrows (N); Simon Bridges to it . are really struggling to (N); Bill English (N); Christopher make a valid argument.’’ Finlayson (N); Nathan Guy (N); John At Parliament, as Wall and Hayes (N); Phil Heatley (N); Brendan other MPs spoke to the crowd, the Horan (NZF); Colin King (N); Melissa only opposition was a handful of Lee (N); Asenati Lole-Taylor (NZF); quiet Korean church ministers. Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga (N); Tim Wall said the turnout to sup- Macindoe (N); Tracey Martin (NZF); port the bill had surprised her. Todd McClay (N); Mark Mitchell (N); ‘‘I am so inspired by the people Alfred Ngaro (N); Damien O’Connor who have come out in support of (L); Simon O’Connor (N); Denis marriage equality . O’Rourke (NZF); Winston Peters ‘‘I’m humbled.’’ Fairfax NZ (NZF); Richard Prosser (NZF); Ross Robertson (L); Eric Roy (N); Tony Ryall (N); Mike Sabin (N); Katrina Seeking reform: Supporters of MP Shanks (N); Su’a William Sio (L); Nick Louisa Wall’s marriage equality bill Smith (N); Barbara Stewart (NZF); NEWARRIVALS march from Wellington’s Civic Square Lindsay Tisch (N); Anne Tolley (N); to Parliament. Among marchers were Louise Upston (N); Andrew Williams Adam Antao, left, and Timothy Atkin. (NZF); Michael Woodhouse (N); Jian for spring living Photo: FAIRFAX NZ Yang (N); Jonathan Young (N) ■ MOTHER MOURNED Grandmother’s fatal fall devastates family One week ago Phil Preston was at stumbled over the rail and fell 6.7 his Singapore home the following the “height of happiness”. 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