Friday, 20 October 2017, 10:57 am Press Release: Family First
20 October 2017
Stunning Hypocrisy on Referendums By
Greens
Family First NZ is slamming the Green party as
being hypocritical after their call for a referendum on
legalising dope.
“This is the same party that rejected
the voice of New Zealanders when they sent a clear message
on the anti-smacking law in 2009 – 87% of NZ’ers voting
against the law. The Greens also voted against having a
referendum on the hugely controversial issue of changing the
definition of marriage when the views of the country were clearly split down the middle,” says
Bob McCoskrie, National Director of Family First NZ.
“If
the Greens want to show consistency and they want a binding
referendum on marijuana, then they should acknowledge and
respect the result of the smacking law
referendum.”
“They can’t have it both ways where
referendums only count for the questions that they ask and
the results that they
like.”
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