New Zealand says ‘I do’ to same-sex marriage

Same-sex couples in New Zealand will now be allowed to legally wed. New Zealand’s parliament passed legislation, 77 to 44, allowing for same-gender couples to tie the knot. This is a milestone as it’s the first country ever in the Asia-Pacific territory to legalize same-sex marriage. However, the definition is slightly different, calling it a joined union between two people, not a man and woman.
Prime Minister from the National Party John Key was for the bill, which Louisa Wall MP proposed in the first place. The bill will be put into effect in 4 months attracting gay couples to wed as early as August for the first time in New Zealand, ABC reported.

Even the Australian Marriage Equality lobby group knows of hundreds of same gender couples willing to flock to New Zealand just to tie the knot there, as this action is illegal in Australia.

Still not everyone in the country approves of the legislation. New Zealand's Presbyterian Church is against the idea of redefining marriage but ministers are being allowed to make their own choice of if they want to wed same-sex couples. The church said there may be some conflict if ministers do decide to do marry them off.