LAWS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: New Zealand Bill Of Rights Act 1990, Human Rights Act 1993, Quid Pro Quo
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18/04 legislation 14: marry go round- nzbor act in practice. Nzbor act maintains parliament as the supreme power- while it gives these rights, it reserves the right to limit them according to other legislature and what is reasonable in a democratic society. Issue: marriage is not defined anywhere in the marriage act. In 1994, 3 lesbian couples were refused marriage license by the. These couples registered a grievance at the court due to this refusal, believing that there was a conflict in their decision and the law. Traditionally families are made up of a heterosexual couple and their descendants. There was no recognised need to define this in law. Until recently, there has never been a suggestion that homosexual couples should be allowed the same rights as heterosexual married couples, though there has been a progression in rights of unmarried couples living together (since the 1970s).
