The Marriage (Same – Sex Couples) Bill has easily passed through its third and final reading in the House of Commons. It goes to the Lords today, where the real battles over detail, and final approval (or rejection), will take…
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Opponents’ Attempts to Weaken UK Equal Marriage Going Down – Heavily (Updated)
British opponents of the Marriage (Same – Sex Couples) Bill have seen the writing on the wall. Knowing that is going to become law, they tried to weaken it, by introducing a number of amendments, supposedly in the name of…
Poll shows most Britons want gay marriages and straight civil partnership
New YouGov poll shows majority of Britons support same-sex marriages and civil partnerships for straight couples Newspaper headlines on the state of the Marriage (Same- Sex Couples) bill now in its third reading in parliament, suggest that the bill is…
Bishops Warn of “The Consequences of Gay Marriage”. Why?
Today and tomorrow, the British parliament is debating the third reading of the Marriage (Same – Sex Couples) Bill. Once again, Catholic bishops are intervening, warning about the supposed “grave dangers” and risks to the long – term consequences of…
Gay Marriage: Where Next?
The passage of marriage equality in Uruguay will take to fourteen the number of countries where equal marriage applies country wide, either by legislative means (eleven), or de facto by court ruling (Mexico, Brazil). Several more are preparing to follow.…
Catholic MP’s Back Gay Marriage
It’s now well known that in the USA, Catholic opinion has departed from the lead of the bishops on gay marriage: Catholics in general are more likely than other Christians, and as least as likely as the general population, to…
Should Catholics accept gay marriage? Austen Ivereigh and Tina Beatti
Tina Beattie : I have never been able to understand the argument that same-sex marriage threatens marriage as we know it. Marriage is far more threatened by a consumerist culture in which the demand for instant gratification is worth the…
UK Breaking News : Equality Wins!
As expected, the vote for a second reading of the equal marriage legislation easily passed in the House of Commons a short while ago, by a vote of 400 to 175, with about 140 Conservative MPs voting against ( a…
Accelerating British Support for Equal Marriage, in Church
Three polls in the last 10 days have shown strong and rapidly expanding public support for marriage equality in law – including support for same – sex weddings in Anglican churches. The British opponents of marriage equality have been vociferous…
The English Call to Action/Dialogue: The Process Continues
Slowly but steadily, the “Call to Action” process that was begun last May by a handful of English priests continues to expand. The initial call was articulated in a letter to the Tablet with just seven signatories, was followed by…
