The Human Rights Commission has issued an endorsement of marriage and adoption equality. It has prepared a short paper which summarises case law and legislative debates around same-sex marriage and adoption in New Zealand in the context of the right to found and form a family. It concludes that in order to ensure formal legal equality, including the right to found and form a family regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, it endorses marriage equality: “namely the right to marry, form a civil union or a de facto partnership regardless of one’s sexual orientation, sex or gender identity.” The Commission also endorses adoption equality: “ensuring primacy is given to the best interests of the child irrespective of each person’s sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, or disability or the couple’s marital status.” You can find the full paper here
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First published: Monday, 27th August 2012 - 11:55am