Just like last year's marriage equality march, rainbow colours are encouraged. A peaceful display featuring same-sex kisses, wedding bouquets, families, singing, glitter and rainbow colours will meet anti-gay Christians as they hold a prayer vigil against marriage equality outside Parliament tomorrow night. The vigil will be held as the marriage equality legislation goes through its committee stage in the House. Organiser of a “support love” counter-demonstration Liz Cleary is unsure how many people to expect tomorrow night, but says nearly 400 people have accepted the invitation. “We’re planning to wear vibrant colours, heaps of fake flowers, glitter, you know the drill,” she says. “It’s important that we continue to demonstrate support for the bill as it currently stands because those opposed to it are ramping up their game, and keep pumping out misinformation, introducing nonsensical arguments and trying to scare people with half-truths,” Cleary says. “They’re still very much in the game of stopping this bill, or at the very least reducing its impact, so we can’t be complacent.” Organisers of the anti-equality vigil have sent a media release out saying they hope their prayers will give some politicians second thoughts about supporting the Bill. They say prayers will be led by the Catholic Archbishop, John Dew, and other Christians. “God, in His loving plan for all people, instituted marriage at the beginning by bringing a woman to a man and it is therefore fitting that we recognise that reality by praying to him at this time,” an unnamed spokesperson for the group says. The support love demonstration will be held from 6.45PM till 8.45PM at Parliament grounds. Join the Facebook event here.
Credit: GayNZ.com Daily News staff
First published: Tuesday, 26th March 2013 - 3:34pm