Heinz I can only imagine the pain and fustration and anger you must feel when you read statements that are so against you having a marriage with your partner.

I can only hope that in time it will change, I believe in NZ it will, and as I said before I will be the first to appauld it.

I really feel in some way, some people do feel threatened by it all, and it is beyond me as to why?

As for our 13 yr olds comments, I really think one should forgive her insensitivity, she has apologised, she is rather new to this board, and I also believe it is more what she has been taught in her home by the adults around her, again she has the right to her opinion and beliefs, but yes she should have chosen her words better, hopefully she will have learned a valuable lesson from it all.

I have a 12 year old daughter, and I can only hope she can grow up to understand a union such as yours heinz and that she does not have her mind poisioned by peer groups or others, I sure hope I have managed to set her a good example, and that she will be accepting of others who are different to her.

There are just too many people in this world ready and willing to start a witch hunt, it is a sad world we live in, I just wish we could all get along, now wouldn't that be a wonderful thing.