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Size Matters - Labour and Tamihere

Sat 9 Apr 2005 In: Comment

Given that Labour as a whole is highly supportive of LGBT rights, should we bother about John Tamihere's recent outburst? Granted, JT may be a 'phobe, but he's currently a backbencher, and outside Cabinet. While he (and five other) Labour MPs didn't vote for the Civil Union Act, the rest of the caucus did. Labour was the first political party to have LGBT (Rainbow) branches, and Helen Clark has been strongly supportive of LGBT rights during her tenures as Leader of the Opposition and Prime Minister. And Investigate?? If he had to talk to a centre-right magazine, North   

Credit: Craig Young

First published: Saturday, 9th April 2005 - 12:00pm

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