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Act Leader Jamie Whyte stands by incest comments – NZ Herald

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New Act Leader Jamie Whyte is standing by his comments that incestuous relationships between consenting adults should not be illegal and says it would be “intellectually corrupt” of him not to be honest when asked such questions.

In an article published on The Ruminatorwebsite, [see http://ruminator.co.nz/mr-ryght/] former philosophy lecturer Dr Whyte was asked whether the state should intervene if adult siblings wanted to marry each other.

“Well personally, I don’t think they [the State] should”, he replied, adding it was “a matter of almost no significance because it just doesn’t happen”.

Dr Whyte told the Herald his response was based on his belief that: “I don’t think the state should intervene in consensual adult sex or marriage, but there are two very important elements here – consensual and adult”.

“I wonder who does believe the state should intervene in consensual adult acts?”

He said he was “very opposed” to incest.

“I find it very distasteful I don’t know why anybody would do it but it’s a question of principle about whether or not people ought to interfere with actions that do no harm to third parties just because they personally wouldn’t do it.”

He did not believe the increased risk of congenital disorders in children from incestuous relationships was a valid reason for it to illegal.

” The probability of having some problem with the children is greater when the mother is over the age of 35 but I’ve never heard anyone suggest that anyone over the age of 35 shouldn’t be allowed to have sex.”

His view was not Act policy and “nobody who votes for Act has anything to fear”.

Dr Whyte who was elected Act Leader earlier this month but officially takes over from John Banks this weekend said he was not prepared to avoid difficult questions like that about incest as other politicians might.

“Maybe I should, but it seems to me the people who find ways around it and avoid it are being less virtuous than me… I would have to be inconsistent, I would have to be intellectually corrupt.”

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Full story see:

Act Leader Jamie Whyte stands by incest comments. Article by Adam Bennett. Published 27/02/14

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11210373

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According to The Ruminator (26/02/14), Jamie holds a PhD in Philosophy from Cambridge and his résumé includes Management Consulting and writing for The Times and Wall Street Journal.

Euthanasia has a proven ‘slippery slope’ – Opinion by Sue Read

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On the 13th February 2014 the Belgian government voted 86-44 to give a law to ‘empower’ children with terminal illnesses and who are in ‘great pain’ to request to end their life with their parent’s agreement along with a psychologist and psychiatrist signing any deal. Despite the Belgian lawmaker’s remarkable decision, Belgian paediatricians rightly opposed the law change.

Belgium passed their first euthanasia law for adults in 2002 – the ‘slippery slope’ proven. New Zealand must keep this in mind for the general election this year and gauge how every potential MP intends to vote on the issue of euthanasia. If an adult law can be passed then surely an amendment can follow to allow the same rights for a child. This should alarm and appal us.

Note: Posted on SPCS blog to promote discussion.

For full article by social commentator Sue Reid, published in the Dominion Post 18/02/14, see:

http://www.familyfirst.org.nz/2014/02/euthanasia-has-a-proven-slippery-slope-sue-reid/

Note: Sue Reid, a writer for the registered charity Family First New Zealand, lost her son when he was seven days old. Her experience helped convince her New Zealand should not follow Belgium in allowing euthanasia for children. 

United Nations attack on Religious Freedom – Right to Life Media Release

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United Nations attack on Religious Freedom

[Media Release issued 15/02/14 by Right to Life New Zealand Inc.  Published by SPCS to stimulate discussion]

The United Nations Committee for the Convention for the Rights of the Child presented its report on the periodic review of the Holy See’s compliance with the Convention.

The audacity of those who wrote this report is breathtaking. Under the guise of addressing sexual abuse within the Catholic Church the Committee attacks religious freedom. For Right to Life this is the issue. The Committee’s report is a flagrant and egregious attack on the religious freedom of the Catholic Church, her right and obligation to uphold the dignity of the human person and the sanctity of life for every human being from conception to natural death. The Catholic Church is at the forefront at the United Nations in upholding the dignity of man and the sanctity of life. There are those who seek to silence the Church and to have her expelled from the United Nations. [Read more…]

A Statement on Christian Marriage and Sexuality

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A Statement on Christian Marriage and Sexuality – in light of New Zealand’s Same-Sex Marriage Law.

[A statement crafted by Paul Davison, Senior Pastor of Hastings Baptist Church, New Zealand. Adopted by the congregations of Hastings Baptist Church & Howick Baptist Church, New Zealand. Both churches are registered charities]

  1. God made human beings as male and female to reflect his image within creation (Gen. 1:27). It is the complementary relationship of a man and a woman that is foundational to marriage in the created order (Gen. 2:23-24). The creation account affirms that monogamous heterosexual marriage expresses God’s will and purposes for his good world. [Read more…]

Pop porn: Genre’s sexy antics worse than hard-core pornography, U.K. MPs told

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“Sexualized” pop stars are more of a threat to children using the Internet than hard-core pornography, says a U.K. expert on child protection.

Jim Gamble, former head of a British government task force on child protection and chairman of a London-based group for safeguarding children, says “highly sexualized” singers such as Miley Cyrus have a “far greater” impact on young people than the worst kinds of pornography.

Addressing a government committee on culture, media and sports, he told MPs that unlike pornography, there is “no filter” for children’s viewing of such celebrities.

“I think there is far too great focus and emphasis on (the online pornography) side of the debate,” Gamble said. “If you look at Miley Cyrus, if you look at some of the other pop stars and their behaviour, that has a far greater and much more easily accessible influence on young people today than actually seeing adult, or hard-core, pornography, for that matter.

 

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/music/porn+Genre+sexy+antics+worse+than+hard+core/9109175/story.html#ixzz2jQDU5hFO