AUSTRALIAN Marriage Equality has ridiculed a submission made to New Zealand’s parliament to rename gay marriage ‘sarriage’.
Local campaigner Russell Morrison put his proposal to the government administration committee yesterday during a public hearing on marriage equality legislation.
“There are already too many words in our language with multiple meanings and I don’t believe that we should be adding to that situation,” Mr Morrison said.
The words “marry” and “marriage” referred to a union between a man and a woman so it made sense to use “sarry” and “sarriage” for same-sex couples, he explained.
“Then a person can be asked whether he or she is married or sarried, and the response will make the situation clear for everybody,” he said.
But Australian Marriage Equality’s national convener Rodney Croome said the submission was yet another attempt to alienate gay couples.
