According to a report from 1 News, Nick Smith, a New Zealand politician, apologized for his stances toward gay marriage during his last speech before retiring. “The error is all the more personal with my 20-year-old son, who is gay, he said. “I want to put on record today my apology to New Zealands’s LGBT+ community.” Smith is a member of the center-right National Party and was the longest-serving MP in New Zealand.
In an interview with 1 News, Smith opened up about the impact that his son had on his views and politics. “Already at that time, I felt my views were wrong.
I gave him a commitment that before I retired from Parliament I would give that apology publicly,” Smith explained. “When Logan first told me, we went out for a meal, and he