Later in the 1980’s, some Anglicans were involved in the decriminalisation of homosexuality albeit in less public forms of political activism than the nuclear-free movement and the 1981 Springbok Tour. In 1979, the Anglican Diocesan Synod of Christchurch passed a motion to remove legal penalties for homosexual acts between consenting, male adults.1 Other Synods joined them in calling for decriminalisation in the following years and the Provincial Public and Social Affairs Committee of the Anglican Church produced a resource outlining a Christian view in support of homosexual law reform.
In 1985, Anglicans that advocated for homosexual law reform joined an ecumenical coalition of supporters who together made a submission to Parliament expressing Christian support for the Homosexual Law Reform Bill.2 The Homosexual Law Reform Bill became the Homosexual Law Reform Act 1986.
Bibliography
Davidson, Allan K. "Church and Community - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand." Te Ara The Encyclopedia of New Zealand. Updated April 20, 2018. https://teara.govt.nz/mi/anglican-church/page-4.
The Provincial Public and Social Affairs Committee of the Anglican Church. The Christian and Homosexual Law Reform. New Zealand: The Provincial Public and Social Affairs Committee of the Anglican Church, 1985.