Tag Archives: gay marriage
Defend Marriage
Years ago, I was asked to speak to an English group about the Scottish victory in repealing Section 28. The Labour government in the UK Parliament wanted rid of that monument to Tory homophobia, and they’d been frustrated once already … Continue reading
Filed under LGBT Equality, Politics
Should only the best parents be allowed to marry?
A conventional argument against lifting the ban on same-sex couples marrying can be expressed as follows: What marriage primarily is, and what it has always been, is a mechanism to enable the procreation and the rearing of children in a … Continue reading
Filed under Human Rights, LGBT Equality, Women
The power of love
In A Wrinkle in Time, when Meg goes back to Camazotz to rescue Charles Wallace: “Nonsense,” Charles Wallace said. “You have nothing that it doesn’t have.” “You’re lying,” she replied, and she felt only anger toward this boy who was … Continue reading
Filed under LGBT Equality, Religion, Unanswerable Questions
The Home Office’s civil marriage consultation
With much trumpeting of archbishops and baying of Cardinals, crying the usual nonsense about how this will DESTROY US ALL, the Westminister government have launched their own consultation on lifting the ban on same-sex marriage. This closes on 14 June … Continue reading
Filed under LGBT Equality
What to expect from the anti-gay marriage brigade: Sentamu
In Scotland the consultation on equal marriage is closed and we can expect the report around April, which is just about when in England and Wales, the consultation on equal marriage is to be launched. In England and Wales, David … Continue reading
Filed under Equality, LGBT Equality, Racism
Human Rights: Abortion and gay marriage
I got into an argument on a Catholic blog recently about same-sex marriage, and – in passing, but with vehemence – also got into an argument about being pro-choice. The two are on the face of it only peripherally related … Continue reading
Filed under LGBT Equality, Women
On Christian Values
When I first started this blog, I planned to make a post a day. And real life kind of got in the way, as it does, and I’ve been making posts whenever a news item catches my attention and I … Continue reading
Filed under European politics, LGBT Equality, Poverty, Religion, Scottish Culture, Scottish Politics
Gay marriage in the united kingdoms
Cardinal Keith O’Brien says the consultation would be ‘utterly subverted’ if “foreign submissions” were accepted. (And by “foreign”, he means from England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.) “Allowing thousands of respondents outwith Scotland to actively participate in our political process utterly … Continue reading
Filed under Equality, LGBT Equality, Politics, Religion, Scottish Culture, Scottish Politics
Those bogus signatures on Scotland for Marriage’s petition
At least 27 of the names that were listed on the “Scotland for Marriage” petition were falsely added. This was discovered when the SfM campaign emailed all of their “supporters” to invite them to an event on Thursday against equal … Continue reading
Filed under Epetitions, LGBT Equality, Politics, Religion, Scottish Politics
