New Zealand rabbis are among a multi-national group backing marriage equality across the Tasman. Moetzah, the Rabbinic Council of Progressive Rabbis of Australia, Asia and New Zealand, has issued a statement offering its support marriage equality under Australian law. It says Judaism teaches that all human beings are created in the image of God, and are therefore entitled to full dignity and equality. "The Jewish people are all too familiar with discrimination and worse, and we reject it however rationalised," the group says. "Australian law should guarantee equality; marriage being both a religious and a civil status. There is no reason for Australian law to limit or discriminate against the civil or legal rights of any individual or group. "Therefore, we, the Moetzah, call upon the Australian Government to enact speedily legislation granting full marriage equality."
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First published: Saturday, 18th July 2015 - 9:05am