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The backlash against Kath’s Devine Cakes for refusing to bake a cake for a gay wedding has prompted a Warkworth man to seek to establish a new political party.
As Mahurangi Matters went to press, John Starrenburg, 83, was preparing to launch The Christian Alliance Party of New Zealand at a public meeting at the Warkworth Community Rooms in Alnwick Street, in Warkworth, on August 11. Mr Starrenburg hopes the party will attract 50,000 members within its first year.
“It’s a dream and a vision, but I’m pretty sure it is of the Lord,” he said.
He says the following issues are likely to form a key part of the new party’s platform:
• Curtailing policies that advance the cause of gays
• Teaching creationism alongside evolution in schools
• Introducing a voucher system, whereby Christian parents can use the money that would be spent educating their children in state schools to fund their education in a Christian school instead
Mr Starrenburg said Christian political parties in New Zealand had failed in the past because they concentrated on Christian ethics rather than Christ himself. He said, in contrast, Christ would be central to the new party.
Kath’s Devine Cakes, a Warkworth cake maker, made international news when the business owner declined to bake a cake for an Australian lesbian couple.
