Posts by Graeme Edgeler
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Yep. India lodges formal complaint
Turns out Paul was right:
Except for the dips-hit bit, of course. And the thing about Satch. And...
ht: dannews
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Wait till she leaves [redacted for spoiler] for [redacted for spoiler] a couple of months after Christmas...
And that wouldn't be a happy end for her?
=)Interesting to note that there was originally a same-sex love-story (the headmistress, and her terminally ill partner) that was cut for length.
There was Bill Nighy...
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I would love that movie so much more if there was a single happy ending in it for a woman who's not Martine whatshername
Aurélia (played by Lúcia Moniz) didn't get a happy ending? Nor Judy (Joanna Page)? Nor Juliet (Keira Knightley)?
Have you even seen the film =)
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Any other areas demonstrating inequality, intentional or otherwise, as a result of the Civil Union Act?
I don't see that this is a result of the Civil Union Act. It is a result of the Adoption Act (and the fact that the Relationships (Statutory References) Act didn't amend it).
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Does it mean you have to be married to adopt?
No. Single people may adopt. As can individuals in relationships.
However, only "spouses" may jointly adopt. A recent court case has decided that de facto couples can be spouses and may also jointly adopt (and legal experts appear to agree that this would apply to non-married different sex couples in civil unions).
And it will probably also apply to same-sex couples if it ever gets to court.
p.s. joint adoption is where two people adopt one person. If an individual adopts, for example, their partner's biological child, this would remove their partner's rights.
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(Just like nobody should send their kids to private school, etc. Let's refuse choice until it's truly open to everyone.)
Vouchers for everyone!
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But it's all very nice for Helen Clark to say she'd have chosen a civil union if it was an option back in 1981. There's nothing stopping her and Peter from dissolving their marriage and getting civilly unified.
They wouldn't need to do that.
See section 18 of the Civil Union Act: two people in a marriage may enter a civil union, which changes their marriage to a civil union (they could go the other way as well).
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Ian, you're assuming that Henry is actually human; I'm not entirely convinced.
And Paul Henry wasn't convinced that the Governor-General is a New Zealander - you two are made for each other!
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Amy is my "wife" for the reason that the word encompasses everything you need to know about our relationship
But the one thing it doesn't encompass is that you've deliberately chosen not to get married.
Which I'm not sure I need to know. If you want me to, sure, but is it otherwise any of my business?
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NZ research shows a job application by someone with a name like Anand Satyanand is much less likely to result in a job interview than an identical one by someone called John Smith or similar.
I know of a Guy named Anand Satyanand who was made a judge, ombudsman, and Governor-General; don't know of any John Smiths appointed to any of these positions, so I'm not sure you're right :-)