Conservative Councillor James Malliff is in trouble with his party after attacking David Cameron’s support for gay marriage, saying that you “may as well legalise marriage with animals”. The Conservative Party says that action is being taken against him for “completely unacceptable” language.
But wait, rummage through your political memories and recall this?
If gay marriage was OK – and I was uncertain on the issue – then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three men, as well as two men, or indeed three men and a dog.
That would be one Mr B. Johnson, subsequently twice appointed to the Conservative front bench and twice selected to fight the Mayor of London elections. Perhaps Cllr Malliff had viewed animal comments as a route to Conservative party favour and success?
Hat-tip: @neilrfoster
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Johnson’s comments were made a few years ago, and referenced a still earlier point. If we allow ex-terrorists into stormont then we can allow ex-anti-gay-marriage politicians into city hall.
To me gay marriage is about religious freedom: Churches should be free to decide whether to wed gay couples and not be dictated to by the state — either way.
They basically are already. This is about which of those things will be recognised by the government for legal purposes.
“They basically are already. ”
That’s not true. It’s illegal.
Surely it’s not illegal, simply not a thing of legal standing? As in you and the vicar could do anything you damn pleased in the church, all stand on your heads and declare each other wifely wife for life, but the law would say it counted for nothing as regards being partnered?
In the days before civil partnerships I went to a few church services that were weddings in all but law, to bind together same-sex couples in the eyes of their god, family, friends and congregation.