I do, but not in the established Church
As attentive readers will know, a little over a year ago British Prime Minister David Cameron proposed creating same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom.
His Coalition Government subsequently held a public consultation and, on December 14, Culture Secretary Maria Miller announced the official response to the consultation. (Because of a recent reshuffle and the need for the Minister for Equalities to be a women, the responsible ministry has switched from Home toCulture).
The Government’s response has been criticised heavily for ignoring the numbers opposed to same-sex marriage: over half the 228,000 people questioned opposed its creation, and more than 600,000 people have now signed the Coalition for Marriage’s petition.
As the Catholic Voices website explained, the consultation “had no other purpose than to shroud a shamelessly undemocratic exercise in a cloak of false legitimacy”.
Religious same-sex marriages were expressly outside the scope of the consultation, leading to calls for a new consultation.
A neat diagram summarises the new plans, to be tabled in Parliament shortly:
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