UK To Fast Track Gay Marriage

While knuckle dragging Neanderthal in the Republican Party continue to oppose same sex civil marriage as part of their campaign of self-prostitution to the Christianists, true conservative in the United Kingdom are moving to bring an expedited vote on a same sex marriage bill.  Not surprisingly, the religious extremists and zealots who seek to impose their religious beliefs on all Britons are not at all happy.  The reality is than CIVIL law same sex marriage will increase societal stability, not decrease it as the religious zealots claim.  The Telegraph looks at this development.  Here are some story excerpts:

The proposed change in the law is now expected to be voted on in Parliament in the New Year after the Prime Minister decided to rush it through. 

Downing Street said originally that same sex civil marriage would be introduced at some stage before the next General Election and there was no mention of the proposed legislation in the last Queen’s Speech.But a senior source told the Daily Mail: “The Prime Minister and the Deputy Prime Minister have agreed to get on with it.

“It was in danger of slipping beyond the General Election.   “David Cameron’s view of this is ‘get it done and get it done quickly’.   Mr Cameron has promised to legislate to allow gay couples to marry in civil ceremonies, while not forcing the changes on the Church. 

A survey this week found that two thirds of voters believe the chief aim of the plan is to rebrand the Tory Party as “trendy and modern”. 

The Church of England and Roman Catholic bishops oppose the idea, while a number of Conservative MPs are also against it.  The move to hurry along the legislation is likely to worry the opponents of the plan, which is expected to be passed into law with the support of Labour and the Liberal Democrats. 

Justin Welby, the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury, has hinted at a softening of the Church’s stance on gay partnerships but says he supports the Church of England’s opposition to same-sex marriage. 

As noted, the Christofascists are NOT happy and have gone into overdrive to conflate civil marriage with church marriage and to claim that churches will be forced to perform same sex marriages even though the proposed law contains an express exemption for churches.  As is always the case with the "godly Christian" crowd deliberately lying seems to be their standard course of behavior.  As I've said before, the claim to honor the Ten Commandments but ignore them at will.