A New Zealand anti-gay fringe Christian group is in serious money trouble, their financial records reveal. The Society for the Promotion of Community Standards (or SPCS), appears to be in decline, with a shrinking membership and financial difficulties apparent from its 2005 statement of financial performance, recently made public. The Society is funded by a diminishing level of member donations and has incurred relatively high legal bills in its unsuccessful challenges to censorship decisions. These bills, coupled with the growth of the part-time secretary's remuneration from NZ$2,000 per annum in 2000 to NZ$18,000 in 2005, have placed considerable financial strain on the organisation. The SPCS is a conservative Christian-dominated pro-censorship organisation. Media releases from the group frequently link homosexuality with paedophilia, pornography, and sexually-transmitted diseases. From a peak membership of 25,000 in the 1970's, current SPCS membership is now around 400. Ref: GayNZ.com (m)
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First published: Monday, 6th November 2006 - 12:00pm