Coalition for Marriage has today launched a petition in support of “the legal definition of marriage which is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. I oppose any attempt to redefine it.”
In a recent Daily Mail article, Lord Carey claimed the proposal to change the status of marriage ”constitutes one of the greatest political power grabs in history”.
All this is in anticipation of the public consultation on how to make civil marriage available to same-sex couples, to be launched next month, a development supported by David Cameron. At last year’s Conservative party conference, the Prime Minister said: “I support gay marriage because I am a Conservative.”
Lord Carey says he doesn’t begrudge rights and benefits to homosexual couples. Well, you could have fooled me. A glance at the list of signatories on the petition shows that the anti same-sex marriage campaign is supported by those who are hostile to the full inclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the church and actively campaign to deny us any rights, benefits or equality in the church.
They oppose the acceptance of anyone not prepared to suppress desire for intimacy nor willing to eradicate any feelings of love which might draw them into a relationship with a person of the same sex. The petitioners refuse to believe that gay is a natural identity or that anyone is born gay. They support ex-gay ministries and advocate the healing of same-sex sinfulness to make people ‘normal’, which in their belief system means heterosexual.
More of Colin Coward's brilliant post at changing attitude.
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