[shaggy eel]

Tim Barnett is New Zealand's Barney Frank. He's actually from Britain. Georgina Beyer is New Zealand's first trans-gender politician, but is quite a likeable character. The Family Planning Association equates to Planned Parenthood in the US.

[DonQ]

In New Zealand, this law serves to guard the nation's principal industry: it is intended to protect the sheep.

[JohnnyZ]

"I hope there are sex workers out there celebrating tonight as I know they all can," Ms Healy said.

snicker

[bedolido]

Parliament erupted in cheers last night

lol... and where did they go to celebrate?

[ICE-FLYER]

The socialist idiots who make up the vast majority of the government types in this country have brought New Zealand lower than ever. A great place with wonderful people is a whore house!

[Onelifetogive]

Sex is special and it should not be for sale.

Should it be legal to give it away free!

Is it too special even for that?

[Semper Paratus]

"I hope there are sex workers out there celebrating tonight as I know they all can,"

They're out in Wellington and ChristChurch giving away free samples.

[NeoCaveman]

In one of the closest votes in Parliament's history, the Act passed 60-59, on the abstention of Labour's Muslim MP Ashraf Choudhary. Had Mr Choudhary, who opposed the bill, not abstained the bill would have fallen because a 60-60 tie is counted as a defeat.

It's a religion of piece......

[shaggy eel]

FYI

[tkathy]

Prostitution remains the predatory and powerful making money off the young and vulnerable. Rape for money.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

YES! New Zealand should be next year's FReeper cruise!!

[Lazamataz]

Hey, ugly people need sex too, y'know!

[Tall_Texan]

"We have created world-leading law. This is an historic moment."

This poor fellow has no concept of history, does he? If he thinks he's the first politician to rubber stamp prostitution, he's led a sheltered life

I don't doubt that the prostitute lobby wasn't above passing out a few bribes to get this passed.

And why no quotes from the International Brotherhood of Pimps?

[johniegrad]

They'll have to pay GST now. Did that become a consideration for the politicians?

[ErnBatavia]

Georgina?

[knighthawk]

Georgina Beyer is New Zealand's first trans-gender politician

We got legalized prostitution, but still have no trans-gender politician. I guess we have to step up because we fell behind to NZ!

[ChadGore]

Congrdulations New Zealand . . now at least the sheep will have a "living wage".

[SevenDaysInMay]

A thought: HAMAS translates as ZEAL.

A question: How does a hooker kick back and celebrate?

A forecast: The Islamists' Sharia will repeal this act, and stone to death those who voted for it among the fornicators, male and female. But killing the girls is the fun part of Islam.

[EggsAckley]

Didn't New Zealand just ban cow farts??

[spitz]

Does this mean NZ will reinstate the ‘ Whore house of the South Pacific’ label it once had? Hehe.

[Cicero]

I'm curious about this fellow Ashraf Choudhary. It's not really true that he "opposed the bill," as the article states, or he would have voted against it. Also, is he a Muslim, as this article says? I know several Chaudherys and Choudharys, and they are Indians of Sikh extraction. That doesn't necessarily mean that this one is, of course.

Did the Labour whip refuse to release party members to vote their consciences on this? It seems a very curious bill for the party to take that kind of approach to. Normally it's only done on really important bills, budgets and the like.