Editing Maxim Institute (section)

==Social Conservative Era: CEO Bruce Logan: 2001-2005==
Maxim Institute first gained public recognition in 2003 when it opposed the [[Prostitution Reform Bill]]. The Institute stated that the Bill would legitimise and increase the exploitation of women in New Zealand. It also opposed the [[Civil Union Act 2004|Civil Union]] and [[Relationships Statutory References Act|Relationships Statutory References Bill]]s in the following year, and argued that such moves would make "marriage meaningless." The act was passed, and lesbian and gay New Zealanders acquired secular ceremonial and ritual recognition of their relationships and substantive equal relationship-related rights and responsibilities within most areas of New Zealand law.