Anglican Mainstream

By Peter Saunders, CMF

[...]  Obviously miffed by this (C4M) the gay rights lobby have been working hard behind the scenes since Monday to produce a similar petition backing same sex marriage.

It has been launched this morning and at the time of writing carries 325 signatures.

It looks almost identical in layout to that of C4M (except in pink!) and is titled the 'Coalition for Equal marriage' abbreviated to C4EM.

The web address is c4em.org.uk

A clever idea? Most definitely!

The only problem is that they have drafted their petition without thinking very carefully about the wording.

It reads as follows:

'I support the right of two people in love to get married, regardless of gender. It's only fair.'

The problem of course is that 'two people in love' covers a whole variety of possible combinations which are excluded by the current legal definition of marriage.

Marriage between close relatives who love each other – otherwise known as 'incest'
Marriage between a man and boy who love each other – otherwise known as 'paedophilia'
Marriage between minors who love each other – call it what you will
Marriage between a woman teacher and her pupil under 16 – hmmmmmm!

And that's just for starters!

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