 cuteinpuce: The concern of some faith groups is not so much that gay marriage should be made legal but that acceptance of it should be made compulsory.
Indeed - I support the right of any faith to determine who they will marry in their own churches. What I can't ever fathom is what the arguments of any faith groups have to do with civil marriage, especially as a civil ceremony does not allow any expressions of faith of any kind. We hear repeatedly, however - and we heard when thelast government was putting through the civil partner ships bill - arguments from people of faith that civil marriage shouldn't be allowed for gay people because (insert religious arguments). It's the reason Blair folded on allowing civil partnerships to be called civil marriage. I'd take the bull by the horns and rename all ceremonies conducted in register offices 'civil partnerships'. It would also shut up the daft lobby who keep saying 'straight couples should be allowed to have civil partnerships'.
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