Gay marriage opponents target residents (From Croydon Guardian)

Gay marriage opponents target South Croydon residents

12:10pm Monday 21st January 2013 in News

Campaigners talk to locals

Campaigners have been targeting South Croydon residents to encourage them to protest against government plans to introduce gay marriage.

Supporters of the Coalition for Marriage (C4M) handed Purley residents leaflets on Thursday calling on them to lobby their MP Richard Ottaway on the issue.

C4M’s national campaign director, Colin Hart, said: "Although Richard Ottaway says he agrees with redefining marriage, many of his constituents disagree with him.

“These plans are unpopular and divisive. The voters were ignored by the politicians, this was in no party’s manifesto and the public consultation was a sham."

The government plans to allow a free vote later this year on whether to allow same-sex couples the same legal rights of marriage as straight couples.

Comments(11)

christhegoth says...
5:02pm Mon 21 Jan 13

Wow! What a nasty hateful bunch of gaybashers.

I may be slightly homophobic ( like many heterosexual men ) but I don't see why gays should be denied the same rights as me. If they want to get hitched in a Church to stay true to their faith then what's the problem. This isn't the Middle Ages...

They're naturally occurring. They weren't grown in a lab, and aren't second class citizens. So why treat them like that?

And I think you'll find this country was a Pagan country before these here Christians came along and murdered us to take power... We invented marriage, not them.

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ANNE GILES says...
9:38pm Mon 21 Jan 13

Good for you, Chris.

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Mr Strings says...
3:36pm Tue 22 Jan 13

Good grief, I can't believe people are that scared of change. Roaming the streets in the freezing cold, trying to convince people to shun natural progression.

Many straight couples getting married in church aren't practicing Christians, and yet they'll turn away a gay couple who may be deeply religious?

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Ketsuban says...
9:30pm Tue 22 Jan 13

I need to get married to my American fiancé to live with him. To think if I were born a man and we still met and fell in love... how exactly would we be together for more than a few weeks in a year? What a shameful world where we can't let two people in love be together without constant abuse and obstacles. We're supposed to be humans.

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Crease2000 says...
11:25pm Tue 22 Jan 13

I couldn't imagine believing in such prejudice and discrimination, let alone taking to the streets to voice it. What a nasty bunch of people.

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edstar says...
3:32pm Fri 25 Jan 13

I have to agree. this lot are nasty and their prejudice and discrimination is shameful.

I wonder if this would be front page news if this group was muslim rather than a small local story it currently is

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LeighR says...
1:04am Mon 28 Jan 13

Religious institutions will not be forced to conduct gay marriages so I really can't see what the problem is. Let the likes of the Quakers and the Metropolitan Community Church conduct the ceremonies as they wish - plus the civil institutions. If the CoE and the RC's don't want to embrace it, so be it.

Don't force the anti's to perform the ceremonies but let those who embrace it get on with it.

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christhegoth says...
5:50am Mon 28 Jan 13

@LeighR: That won't work.

What about the rights of Gay Catholics or Gay CoE types to get hitched in the Church they love in the eyes of the god they love?

You can't have gays as second class citizens due to religion. It's just not on. It has to be a 'one rule for everyone' system, rather than the current stupid fudge. Discrimination based on sexuality is illegal after all. We're supposed to be living in the 21st Century.

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