A Rose by any other name

Great article by Nick Tucker, helpfully explaining why all our marriages have been downgraded to  Civil Partnerships...

By Nick Tucker


As the second reading of the Government’s Marriage (same sex couples) Bill draws tantalisingly close, it’s hard to remember a single issue since the Poll Tax that has caused so much political disquiet and been so polarising. On the side of those in favour of opening up the definition of marriage to include couples of the same sex, the opposition to this move is entirely incomprehensible. Comedian Marcus Brigstocke tweeted yesterday:

Is there a reason why those opposing equal marriage feel justified in objecting to being described as bigots?

Why wouldn’t he think that? After all David Cameron himself claims that he is in favour of same sex marriage precisely because he is a conservative. Marriage is a good thing, which brings many social benefits, how can excluding people from it be anything but an injustice?



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