Last week's Parliamentary spat stemming from a question from Act MP Deborah Coddington to the Prime Minister seems to define gay men as something separate from red-blooded kiwi men... judge for yourself in this transcript from Hansard. DEBORAH CODDINGTON (ACT) to the Prime Minister: Does she agree with her Minister of Youth Affairs that “the pendulum of political correctness had swung too far”; if so, what, if anything, does she intend to do about it? Rt Hon HELEN CLARK (PM): Absolutely. My concern is that political incorrectness has become the political correctness of the right. I am happy to give numerous examples, starting with Ms Coddington wanting Ministers to veto what can be shown at art exhibitions. DEBORAH CODDINGTON: In light of her answer, does she think that spending $126,000 for a rainbow desk in the Ministry of Social Development to “liaise with gay, lesbian, transgender, bisexual fa'afafine, takataapui, and intersexed communities” is political correctness gone too far; if not, what is going too far? Rt Hon HELEN CLARK: Of course, those people make up our community. Indeed, they may make up as many as 5 percent—some estimate 10 percent of the community—so one would expect their needs to be taken into account in policy making. I can name numerous instances of the new political incorrectness becoming political correctness. For example, the member's colleague Ken Shirley telling people last week what films they should be watching. HEATHER ROY (Act): Under Labour Party policy can we expect a similar desk at the Ministry of Social Development for the red-blooded heterosexual males whom the Minister of Youth Affairs himself claims to support? Rt Hon HELEN CLARK: Presumably, as red-blooded heterosexual males make up about 95 percent of the population, one could consider their needs are probably already well catered for in policy. However, I am certainly concerned with the new political correctness when people start saying that they have been told in recent years that a lot of New Zealanders of European descent find the term “Pakeha” offensive so it cannot be used. That, of course, was Dr Brash who was so sensitive on that occasion. Gerry Brownlee (National): When the Prime Minister gave the red hot-blooded heterosexual male John Tamihere permission to deliver his speech, what did she think he meant when he said: “There are a number of attitudes prevalent in our society that are in fact highly dangerous to our well-being.”? Rt Hon HELEN CLARK: I am sure he would have been referring to the propensity of right-wing parties to tell people how to live their lives, what movies to see, what art exhibitions to go to, and all the rest of it. Hansard - 9th August 2004