On the other side, I also want to acknowledge our religious groups that we heard from. I also want to acknowledge the progress that I saw in those submissions from religious groups—the progress that they have made on these issues. For these communities, sexuality and gender issues have been confronting. However, what I saw and what I heard from a number of faith-based communities, making the shifts that they need to in order to offer loving and affirming pastoral care to the young people that they care for—in that spirit, and, as a Catholic, I'd like to encourage us to navigate a pathway forward on these issues, too. I sometimes think about my own place as a gay man in this country within my faith community, and I believe too that, through kotahitanga, we can get there together and that my faith, my culture, and my sexuality can go hand in hand.