Posted on 12/07/2012 11:20:51 AM PST by Olog-hai
David Cameron has been warned that plans to let same-sex couples marry in churches will be “massacred” in the House of Lords and alienate grassroots Conservatives.
Tory MPs and Lord Carey, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, have reacted with dismay after the Prime Minister said places of worship will be allowed to conduct same-sex weddings.
The decision represents a major U-turn on the position set out in a formal Government consultation earlier this year which proposed a blanket ban. …
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Huh? Unless I’m reading it wrong sounds like hes warning against it???
No; the other Tories are warning Cameron against it. Cameron just announced that churches would be “allowed” to perform homosexual marriage ceremonies, and the House of Lords said that they are going to crush same.
The House of Lords has an extremely limited ability to stop or reject bills passed by the House of Commons.
Oh you are right I read it wrong!
They still have a nuclear option or two.
Pro “Gay marriage” laws: how viable are laws that turn reality on its head? Might as well pass laws that deny the laws of physics.
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