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Shipley said that New Zealand is following a similar course as the U.S. in inching towards equal rights for gay citizens...
Shipley said that, like the U.S., New Zealand is currently debating the merits of affirmative action. But there, affirmative action is not an issue of university admissions with regards to race, she said...
Shipley, who led a successful campaign to make oral contraceptives free of charge for all women in New Zealand, said that the affirmative action legislation reflects her belief that lawmakers must enact programs that realize the wishes and way of life of the country’s citizens...
...said the New Zealand parliament has been discussing adoption and couple status for gays for the past few years, possibly working its way towards a decision like the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court’s recent ruling that it’s unconstitutional to deny same-sex couples the benefits of marriage...
Shipley said that the high suicide rate in New Zealand a few years ago was largely due to gays’ inability to openly discuss their sexual orientation...