According to this, Prime Minister David Cameron is "emphatically [whatever that means] in favour" of gay marriage, and confident of making it a thing by 2015.
Ed Milliband, the Labour leader, and Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, are also explicitly pro- gay marriage.
The SNP Scottish government have already introduced a consultation paper on SSM, and are certainly close enough to make the Catholic church react with the usual right-wing nonsense. The Greens, obviously, are in favour. UKIP have never made a statement either way, which is probably the best we can hope for.
Now, I'm all for caution when it comes to getting excited about legislation which might never happen. But when the Tories, of all people, are wanting to bring same sex marriage in, and the only party explicitly against it are the fricking BNP, you've gotta be at least a bit hopeful.
Obviously, there will be a downpour of rhetoric from Britain's religious leaders, Cameron still has to overcome his socially conservative backbenchers, and we have no idea what's going to happen in the Lords.
But still. This is pretty exciting stuff.
I'll be keeping a much closer eye on the issue from now onwards, and will keep you lot posted (not that you need it).
Fingers crossed!
Ed Milliband, the Labour leader, and Nick Clegg, the Liberal Democrat leader, are also explicitly pro- gay marriage.
The SNP Scottish government have already introduced a consultation paper on SSM, and are certainly close enough to make the Catholic church react with the usual right-wing nonsense. The Greens, obviously, are in favour. UKIP have never made a statement either way, which is probably the best we can hope for.
Now, I'm all for caution when it comes to getting excited about legislation which might never happen. But when the Tories, of all people, are wanting to bring same sex marriage in, and the only party explicitly against it are the fricking BNP, you've gotta be at least a bit hopeful.
Obviously, there will be a downpour of rhetoric from Britain's religious leaders, Cameron still has to overcome his socially conservative backbenchers, and we have no idea what's going to happen in the Lords.
But still. This is pretty exciting stuff.
I'll be keeping a much closer eye on the issue from now onwards, and will keep you lot posted (not that you need it).
Fingers crossed!
No comments:
Post a Comment