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11-29-2017, 02:00 PM
Why this New Zealand politician's speech from 2013 has gone viral in Japan
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Words can wield power for a long time after they've been spoken.
A speech regarding same-sex marriage made by former New Zealand National MP Maurice Williamson has found popularity four years after it was delivered, as a rational rallying cry for marriage equality in Japan.
A clip of Williamson's speech has now gone viral in Japan with over 170,000 retweets at the time of writing, picked up by BuzzFeed (https://www.buzzfeed.com/eimiyamamitsu/uncle-williamson?utm_term=.ff6n6xn0L6#.mlKqJlqbzJ).
SEE ALSO: Australia just voted overwhelmingly in favour of legalising same-sex marriage (http://mashable.com/2017/11/14/marriage-equality-australia-yes/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
So, why now? The Twitter video was posted as a direct response to remarks made by the General Council Chairman of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, Wataru Takeshita. He was widely criticised (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/24/national/ldp-odds-allowing-sex-partners-state-guests-right-attend-imperial-banquets/#.Wh3wd7T1VTY) for recently saying that he was "opposed" to the idea that state guests' same-sex partners should be invited to events hosted by Empress Michiko and Emperor Akihito. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/28/new-zealand-japan-speech-marriage-equality/)
More about Japan (http://mashable.com/category/japan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), New Zealand (http://mashable.com/category/new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Marriage Equality (http://mashable.com/category/marriage-equality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Same Sex Marriage (http://mashable.com/category/same-sex-marriage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Speech (http://mashable.com/category/speech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/InZeFB3r_hE
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Words can wield power for a long time after they've been spoken.
A speech regarding same-sex marriage made by former New Zealand National MP Maurice Williamson has found popularity four years after it was delivered, as a rational rallying cry for marriage equality in Japan.
A clip of Williamson's speech has now gone viral in Japan with over 170,000 retweets at the time of writing, picked up by BuzzFeed (https://www.buzzfeed.com/eimiyamamitsu/uncle-williamson?utm_term=.ff6n6xn0L6#.mlKqJlqbzJ).
SEE ALSO: Australia just voted overwhelmingly in favour of legalising same-sex marriage (http://mashable.com/2017/11/14/marriage-equality-australia-yes/?utm_campaign&utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source)
So, why now? The Twitter video was posted as a direct response to remarks made by the General Council Chairman of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party, Wataru Takeshita. He was widely criticised (https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/11/24/national/ldp-odds-allowing-sex-partners-state-guests-right-attend-imperial-banquets/#.Wh3wd7T1VTY) for recently saying that he was "opposed" to the idea that state guests' same-sex partners should be invited to events hosted by Empress Michiko and Emperor Akihito. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/28/new-zealand-japan-speech-marriage-equality/)
More about Japan (http://mashable.com/category/japan/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), New Zealand (http://mashable.com/category/new-zealand/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Marriage Equality (http://mashable.com/category/marriage-equality/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), Same Sex Marriage (http://mashable.com/category/same-sex-marriage/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial), and Speech (http://mashable.com/category/speech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Mashable/~4/InZeFB3r_hE