A piece by Jerome Taylor in the Independent today makes one of the usual mistakes when discussing homosexuality and the Church, namely to think that if a person does one thing right that means that everything in their life must …
Here’s Reason Number Seven from the Coalition for Marriage’s “Ten Reasons” leaflet. Myth 7 Gay couples want to marry Polling shows that only a minority of gay people (39 per cent) believe gay marriage is a priority. And according to the Government only …
Some brief thoughts on the B&B issue (copied and adapted from a comment I made earlier this morning). In both cases so far (Bulls and Wilkinsons) one of the key criticisms made by the justices were the inconsistency of the …
A great new video from the Campaign for Marriage (which I think they adapted from a US version). Kinda fits right in with our current discussion on the “myths”, especially that of legal equality. And, I don’t think it mentions …
Here’s Myth Three. Myth 3 It’s all about equality Same-sex couples already have equality. All the legal rights of marriage are already available to same-sex couples through civil partnerships. Equality doesn’t mean bland uniformity or state-imposed sameness. If the Government genuinely wants to pursue equality, why …
The ruling on the Wilkinson B&B Case is out and you can read it below. Click to access black-wilkinson-judgment-18102012.pdf The verdict was that the Wilkinsons discriminated directly and indirectly against Black and Morgan. The judge essentially ruled that since the …