from the Beeb
Wealthy gay dad, Barrie Drewitt-Barlow, says he and his civil partner Tony will go to court to force churches to host gay weddings.
He told the Essex Chronicle that he will take legal action because “I am still not getting what I want”.
A Government Bill legalising gay marriage passed Parliament recently but it included measures to protect churches from being forced to perform same-sex weddings.
more here
http://www.christian.org.uk/news/gay-couple-to-sue-church-over-gay-marriage-opt-out/
The article noted something painfully obvious--
In January this year a leading lawyer cautioned that the plans left the Church of England open to legal challenge.
The Prime Minister was sent a copy of the legal opinion by Lord Carey, a former Archbishop of Canterbury.
In June 2012 Crispin Blunt MP, who was then a Justice Minister, admitted that the Government’s plans could lead to legal issues.
He said the Government is “seeking to protect, indeed, proscribe religious organisations from offering gay marriage”, but he continued: “That may be problematic legally”.
Every priest and every bishop in Great Britain who did not speak about this from the pulpit and encourage their congregations to fight against the bill are all responsible for the persecution to come.
UPDATE A Catholic priest is England was phoned by a gay couple recently and they asked him if he would do a homosexual "marriage". Of course, the priest said no. I shall not give the diocese.
http://guildofblessedtitus.blogspot.ie/2013/02/a-time-machine-back-to-1581-death-of.html
UPDATE A Catholic priest is England was phoned by a gay couple recently and they asked him if he would do a homosexual "marriage". Of course, the priest said no. I shall not give the diocese.
http://guildofblessedtitus.blogspot.ie/2013/02/a-time-machine-back-to-1581-death-of.html