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This is quite a heavy handed reaction to a simple copy and paste as a blog comment. The text in question Road to Nowhere by Craig Young discusses Chris Carter and what is considered an "unjustified attack" on Phil Goff. Craig believes that Carter ought to be expelled from the Labour caucus.
But I don't think that is the part that is controversial. What I think GayNZ doesn't want the wider public to notice is the part where other gay MPs have been promoted, thus proving that Chris Carter's demotion was not homophobia.
Will I get attacked by a feather boa (thanks KG for that image!) if I post the following?
Accordingly, his initial demotion was justified on that basis and was not attributable to homophobia. Moreover, Phil Goff took the opportunity to promote capable lesbian and gay Labour MPs like Maryan Street, Charles Chauvel and Grant Robertson in the wake of that event, so clearly the Labour Party is still the same inclusive centre-left party that it was under Helen Clark's leadership. It is also still our best hope for eventual adoption and marriage law reform. Phil Goff is clearly no homophobe himself.