Picket to greet bill’s opponents
PA Wellington Supporters of the Homosexual Law Reform Bill plan to gather outside Parliament at the same time as opponents of the bill present their petition today. Ms Trish Mullins, spokeswoman for the pro-bill coalition, said that supporters of the bill would have a peaceful picket in Parliament’s grounds at noon “because it is important to show that there are still thinking New Zealanders who support basic human rights and are not deceived by the opponents of the bill.”
The biggest petition presented to Parliament in New Zealand will be bundled up Parliament’s steps and into the chamber in 92
boxes today. The petition contains 817,549 names, but the chief petitioner, Mr Norman Jones, member of Parliament for Invercargill, said last evening that names were still coming in at a rate of 2000 a day. Mr Jones has 218,660 names in his own petition but because of Parliament’s Standing Orders, which do not allow members to present petitions in their own name, it will be presented by the Labour member for Napier, and fellow campaigner, Mr Geoff Braybrooke.
Mr Braybrooke has 17,311 names in his petition, which will be presented by Mr Jones.
Picket to greet bill’s opponents
Press, 24 September 1985, Page 4
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