Matthew Parris: delete ‘marriage’ from the law
From The Christian Institute
Former Tory MP, Matthew Parris, has reacted to the recent debate about redefining marriage, suggesting that the word “marriage” should be completely removed from legal language.
Mr Parris, who is in a civil partnership with David Cameron’s chief speech writer, says he has a “sliver of sympathy” for those who object to the Government commandeering a word.
Writing in his Times column, his radical solution is to remove the word “marriage” altogether from legal language.
The word “marriage” appears 3,258 times in UK legislation, and supporters of traditional marriage say that shouldn’t be undone in a single stroke.
Mr Parris said the meaning of marriage has already been affected by divorce reform and added it is “a bit of an intellectual mess”.
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