Posts by Jackie Clark
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Hard News: Angry and thrilled about Arie, in reply to Hilary Stace,
Thanks for that Hilary - I have been wondering about that, and hoping it goes their way today.
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Up Front: How About Now?, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
The photos that really affected me were the ones of the older people who had obviously waited such a long time for that moment. Magic.
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Ironically, David, whilst in Fiji, Kath pxted me with a photo of her 17cm of snow in normally balmy Waimairi Beach. Lovely. And yes, think of how much your house has seen in the last 100 yrs. She is far too lovely to be laid waste to.
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Hard News: The Orcon Great Blend 2011 in…, in reply to Tony Siu,
If you had any idea how utterly charming, and bewilderingly lovely our Craig is, you wouldn't even need to ask that. I can't speak on behalf of Craig, to be sure, but I'm pretty sure you have nothing to worry about. Much.
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Up Front: How About Now?, in reply to Steve Barnes,
I'll be in Fiji, my darling. But it does seem like forever since I saw your lovely visages. Next Thursday?
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I always think the death do us part thing is very hopeful. And people mean it when they say it, I would imagine. I never said it, and here I am, till the bitter end, anyway. How the hell did that happen?
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Up Front: How About Now?, in reply to Sacha,
Well yes, I had a conversation with one of our Kuia – who is, it should be said 5 years my junior where she remarked that she thought it would be okay to die at 60, because it was goodly age. I was gobsmacked.
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I'd just like to remind those of our younger viewers that 55 isn't that old. Ahem.
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Up Front: How About Now?, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
Oh darling, it's okay. Getting married is about privilege. I can well remember the early days of HIV and AIDS here when partners were unable to attend to their lovers in hospital, or even to arrange their funerals. It was all so dependent on the "goodwill" of the families. So yes, marriage is something definitively that some are allowed to do, and some are not. There are very few things that come under that category in this country, and the sooner we fix that the better. Because really? I can think of very few occasions I would enjoy more than to see you and your beloved tying the marriage knot. It's a day I look forward to, and a day worth fighting for.
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I'm in agreement with Lucy, and Craig. Adoption law reform and transgender legal equality are somewhat different issues to the redefinition of marriage under the law to include same sex couples. As Lucy says, once the inequities in the Marriage Act are dealt to, surely adoption reform follows on. And also? I love love. And if someone wants to express that love in a way which is binding and traditional and somewhat oldfashioned, then of course they should be able to. There are enough barriers to love in this world, I would have thought.