Damien O'Connor Conservative West Coast Labour MP Damien O’Connor, infamous for his “gaggle of gays” description of his own party list, has been urged by his daughter to vote for marriage equality. In a post on her father's Facebook page, Bridgette O'Connor said people did not choose to be gay. "I hope he does vote for gay marriage as society needs to wake up and realise these are normal people who deserve the same treatment and rights as everyone else," she wrote. "It is who they are. They cannot change this and are people like you and I. Why should they be denied the same human right everyone else is entitled to just because they love someone the same sex?" O'Connor posted in reply that he was proud of his daughter "who thinks for herself and has a strong sense of social justice". "But sometimes we disagree. And so it will be throughout New Zealand. We must respect one another's opinions but ignore the extremes from both sides of the debate.” You can discuss this gay New Zealand community news story in the GayNZ.com Forum here
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First published: Friday, 10th August 2012 - 3:36pm