Paul Henry’s ‘Gays Are Unnatural’ Comment Has Followed Him To Australia.
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IT WAS ALWAYS THESE COMMENTS THAT MADE ME LOATH PAUL HENRY. AND THE FACT TVNZ LET HIM OFF THE HOOK WITH NO PUNISHMENT AT ALL. FROM GAY NEWS NETWORK….
Leading LGBTI mental health expert, Paul Martin, has written to Network Ten to express his concern over the hiring of controversial New Zealand broadcaster, Paul Henry, as co-host for its flagship Breakfast program due to be launched early next year.
Martin, a Brisbane-based psychologist with over 25 years experience in dealing with mental health issues affecting LGBTI people, told SX that media reports of comments Henry made in 2009 while a live morning show host for TVNZ about homosexuality being “unnatural”, were somewhat disconcerting.
“Given that many LGBTI grow up developing negative beliefs about what it means to be ‘different’ which includes being disordered and defective, words like this can confirm for the person that these beliefs are in fact true. This is what causes psychological damage such as depression and anxiety,” Martin said.
A complaint made to New Zealand’s Broadcasting Standards Authority about Henry’s comments about homosexuality was not upheld following an investigation.
THE BSA REPORT FROM THE TIME…..
The comments were made by Henry during a discussion about a proposed law change to allow homosexual couples to adopt children.
On the August 20 broadcast of Breakfast, Henry said he was “iffy” about the law change and that homosexuality was “unnatural”.
His co-host Alison Mau questioned Henry’s remarks and read out viewer feedback, including one that said, “to call this unnatural is ludicrous and narrow-minded. Gay couples are great parents and are more than qualified to raise children.”
Henry replied that people should not be frightened of saying that homosexuality was unnatural.
“It is unnatural. Although homosexuality is through all species. I don’t know if it’s through all species but many, many species. A lot of monkeys are homosexual,” Henry said.
Later in the discussion he said: “The thing is, though, if you go to any animal park, and I’ve got to be careful what I say here, but if you go to any animal park, you will find monkeys being filthy with each other.”
Mau responded: “That is completely beside the point.”
Complainant Ken Cage said Henry’s comments were offensive and the message conveyed justified “bullying others on the basis of their perceived sexual orientation”.
The Free-to-Air Broadcasting Code of Practice says broadcasters should not encourage discrimination against, or denigration of, any section of the community because of, among other things, sexual orientation.
The authority found that while the comments were clearly provocative and would have offended some viewers, they were framed in a way that encouraged discussion about the proposed law change.
Opposing views were clearly presented by the programme’s co-host, by two MPs interviewed on the programme and in viewer feedback, the authority said.
WATCH – Judge Charley Prine Rules Against Gay Father.
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STRANGE CASE.
NZ Student Group ‘UNIQ’ Want To ‘Legalise Love’ – Which Makes Little Sense.
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SORRY, I READ THE PRESS RELEASE WRONG. THEY DO NOT WANT TO LEGALISE STUPIDITY. THEY ARE. THEY WANT TO LEGALISE GAY MARRIAGE AND ADOPTION IN NZ.
HERE ARE THEIR STATED INTENTIONS……
FROM EXPRESS, http://www.gayexpress.co.nz/2011/08/legalise-love-launched-to-campaign-for-equality/, WHO ONE WOULD HOPE WILL ACTUALLY LOOK AT THIS GROUP……
Legalise Love is a human rights campaign focussing on raising awareness and gauging the level of support for changing the legislative inequalities facing New Zealand’s queer community.” “We have two key points of interest for this campaign – raising awareness for marriage equality and equal adoption rights for same-sex couples.”
WHAT? 1 in 2 GLT teens have attempted or thought about suicide. The word “GAY’ is heard everyday all over New Zealand as an insult, no more so than in Schools. AND THESE STUDENTS THINK THIS IS WORTH WASTING MONEY ON? I AM NOT GOING TO MENTION HETERONORMATIVE BULLSHIT, WE NEED TO STOP THE OPRESSION OF YOUNG GLT YOUTH AND MAKE SCHOOLS SAFE FOR THEM. WHY BOTHER WITH MARRIAGE AND ADOPTION, AND SINGLE GAY PEOPLE CAN ADOPT.
THIS IS THE GROUP THAT SORTA FORGOT TO ORGANISE A PRIDE WEEK AT VICTORIA THIS YEAR AND THEN THREW A PIECE OF SHIT PRIDE UP………FROM AARON AND ANDYS BLOOGY THING…..
UniQ sent out this gem of an email yesterday: “Hey there beautiful people! … Just sending out a quick email to let everyone know that this week is our annual ~PRIDE WEEK~ (sorry about the short notice!)”. That’s right, they announced Pride Week the day it began. Smooth.
On top of that, the events can only be described as lazy. The festival, usually a one or two week celebration of all things GLBT, has been reduced to three gay bar events (one is already a weekly event that would happen regardless), a probably illegal film screening (you do realise it’s illegal to chuck on a DVD for a ‘screening’?), and a chat with Mani Mitchell (which actually sounds pretty interesting, but in all reality is just the hijacking and rebranding of another group’s regular event that, too, would happen regardless).
Wow.
No adequate lead-in time to generate buzz. No feature in Salient (the university magazine). No gay media coverage (we scrambled to do a story on the Traffic Light Party after learning about it yesterday). So what exactly are they trying to achieve?
THEN I SAW THIS COMMENT……
“One of the best things that Grant Robertson said to us when we met with him is that Labour is looking to pass marriage equality laws in the next 3-5 years, but that they couldn’t do it without people like us,” says Duncan. “It goes to show that change is a two-way street – you need the people in Parliament to pass laws but you need people on the ground raising awareness around these issues.”
OH FIGHT. DOING LABOURS BITCH WORK AND THEY GET TO FEEL LIKE THEY ARE DOING GOOD.
GUYS, THIS IS A FLAWED CAMPAIGN. CIVIL UNIONS AND ADOPTION LAWS ARE NOT THE BIGGEST ISSUE FACING THIS COUNTRY. SAFETY FOR GLT YOUTH IS THE BIGGEST CONCERN IN MY BOOKS. YOU BRIEF HERE IS HUGE AND DOOMED TO FAILURE. WHICH IS WHY LABOUR ARE MAKING YOU SUCKERS FRONT IT.
HERE IS THE WEBSITE…….http://www.legaliselove.org.nz/ WHERE WILL THE MONEY GO? DO THEY HAVE CHARITY STATUS?
Straight anti-homophobia campaigner Joseph Habgood, WHY ARE YOU LEADING SUCH A STUFFED UP CAMPAIGN? DID YOU ASK ONLY POLITICIANS WHAT THEY WERE INTERESTED IN PUSHING?
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