Self-appointed bishop Brian Tamaki and the Destiny Church have launched a campaign to stop the New Zealand government from passing laws that would provide further protections for LGBTQIA+ people.An article that Tamaki wrote on August 12 this year titled ‘Are We Being Bullied & Overpowered By A Gay Agenda?’ has recently been circulating around on social media.In the piece, Tamaki speaks out against the Self Identification Bill, which would allow trans and gender diverse people to change their pronouns on their birth certificate and the Conversion ‘therapy’ ban bill.
Founder of the Conversion Therapy Action Group New Zealand , Shaneel Lal said they noticed that followers of Tamaki’s church have been promoting this article in the comments.