Lynne Featherstone tells the Church: ‘don’t polarise’ the same-sex ‘marriage debate’

Posted by Kendall Harmon

The Church does not have the exclusive right to define who should be allowed to get married, the equalities minister warns, as she suggests that religious groups have polarised the debate on gay marriage.

Lynne Featherstone directly challenges the role of the Church in the debate over homosexual weddings, saying it does not “own” marriage.

Read it all. Also, please peruse this BBC article as well.

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Posted February 25, 2012 at 12:56 pm [Printer Friendly] [Print w/ comments]



1. Ad Orientem wrote:

The Church has no right at all to define marriage.  That right is exclusively reserved to God.  And on the question of homosexual marriage the answer has been given.  It’s “No.”

February 25, 6:06 pm | [comment link]
2. clarin wrote:

Of course, people like Nicholas Holtam will be quoted by these atheists in support of their immorality.

February 26, 5:08 am | [comment link]
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