Britain's most senior Catholic, sets out opposition to the Government plan to legalise gay marriage

[WillParkinson]

Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's most senior Catholic, sets out his opposition to the Government's plans to legalise gay marriage.

The Government is this month launching a consultation on same-sex marriage, asking the public whether it should be introduced in England and Wales.

I hope many respond and consider signing the petition in support of traditional marriage organised by a new organisation, the Coalition for Marriage.

On the surface, the question of same-sex marriage may seem to be an innocuous one.

Civil partnerships have been in place for several years now, allowing same-sex couples to register their relationship and enjoy a variety of legal protections.

When these arrangements were introduced, supporters were at pains to point out that they didn’t want marriage, accepting that marriage had only ever meant the legal union of a man and a woman.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/comment/9121424/We-cannot-afford-to-indulge-this-madness.html

(Make sure you read the first several comments! They are awesome.)

[Prophet 451]

1. He doesn't get a say

Well, no more of a say than any other private citizen anyway. He's flat wrong about the definition of marriage. Historically, polygamy was far more the rule than "traditional" marriage. He also seems unclear that same sex couples in Britain already enjoy identical legal rights in all respects but the very, very technical. All that would be changing would be the name those unions are given. Oh, and his slippery slope, protect-the-kiddies stuff is just bullshit.