We believe that this conscience issue, affecting the fabric of human society, should be decided upon by the people of New Zealand, not decided upon by 120 temporarily empowered politicians. We don't believe that individuals in this House—their life experiences, their beliefs, or their family histories—are any more or less important than anyone outside of this House. The fact that this House has decided that this vote is a conscience vote and not a party vote is explicit acknowledgment that every single individual Kiwi in this country will have an individual perspective based on their own conscience, not based on anyone's conscience in this House, and especially not based on temporarily empowered politicians in this House or anything that's based on party politics. 