I am not a religious fanatic but I am totally opposed to so called gay 'marriage”. Marriage is a very special relationship between a man and a woman and cannot be applied to a relationship between people of the same sex.
If two people of the same sex wish to, and choose to, live together, I have no problem with that. It is entirely their own affair. But to apply the term of marriage to such partnerships flies in the face of my beliefs, which I have held for almost 70 years, and indeed in views expressed in the Bible.

Barry H. Walker, Mt Maunganui.