Marriage Equality for the Kiwis

It's time for some good news. Gay Star News brings us this out of New Zealand:

A same-sex marriage bill was picked today to be debated and voted on by the parliament in New Zealand.

The Definition of Marriage Amendment Bill was sponsored by lesbian Labour MP Louisa Wall and it states that marriage should be defined as the union of two people regardless of sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.

The bill was one of five drawn from a pool of 62 bills in the Members’ Bill Ballot.

‘I think it’s got a good chance of going through,’ Labour leader of the opposition David Shearer said today, confirming that he will support the bill. ‘I think it's the reality of our times.’

Argentina recently made marriage equality the law of the land. All of this global change on LGBT equality while the so-called "land of the free" falls farther and farther behind many parts of the world. We'll get there, but how many nations will get to equality before the United States?